THE PIGEONS. 183 
are said sometimes to be kept for their song. They 
will live well in confinement, but of course need soft food. 
Boiled rice or other grain, or boiled vegetables cut up, 
will suit them very well, with any small fruits that can 
be got; with an occasional feed of plantain worked up 
with satoo into a crumbly paste. Fresh-caught birds 
should have plantains cut up into bits; but as soon as 
possible the plantain should be mixed with rice or satoo, 
since it is too messy and sticky if given alone. Fed in this 
way all these green Fruit-Pigeons are easy to keep ; and 
as they are very rare in Europe, are always worth taking 
home. 
Hurrials are themselves very good to eat; but when 
one comes to the table qualities of birds, we approach 
the domain of the sportsman; and as game-birds are 
barred in this little work, the Hurrial, which appeals both 
to the shikari and the aviarist, is a fit bird with which 
to close the series. 
