THE STARLINGS OR MYNAHS By) 
easily selected by the signs above given; secondly, to 
give it a big cage; and thirdly, after it has got its full 
plumage and grown its wattles or lappets, not to give 
it much rich food like bread-and-milk and satoo, but to 
feed it mostly on fruit. Fruit-eating birds like these 
have gross appetites, and too nourishing a diet is likely 
to give them fits by inducing a plethoric habit of body. 
The Hill Mynah thrives also as an aviary bird, and for 
this purpose old wild caught ones will do quite well, 
though not suitable as cage-pets. They breed from March 
to May, which will indicate the time when young birds 
may be looked for in the bird markets. 
