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Is equally appropriate to our Mocking Bird. Who, on 

 passing through the streets of any large city on a bright 

 night in June, has not heard the shrill scream of the 

 Eagle, the mourning note of the Turtle Dove, the deli- 

 cate warble of the Blue Bird, the cackling of the domes- 

 tic Hen, followed by the quarreling of a dozen or more 

 Grimalkins^ each seeming to vie with the other as to the 

 quantity of noise ; then the cry of the Katy-did, the 

 mellow whistle of the Cardinal, the grunt of the maternal 

 porker searching for her juveniles, the creaking of some 

 rusty swing sign-board, the pipe of the canary, and the 

 cry of some lost puppy wailing in the mid-night air, and 

 each suceeding the other with a rapidity that the listener 

 wonders if such a variety can come from so small an 

 obj ect. 



The Mocking Bird is a general favorite, and deserves 

 to be attentively cared for. He is particular, and should 

 be fed and watered at the same time every day. His cage 

 should be large, and kept very clean, with plenty of 

 gravel. His food should be the Prepared Mocking 

 Bird Food, and during moulting season feed him plen- 

 tifully with berries, grasshoppers and spiders, with occa- 

 sionally a meal worm or two, and keep him out of all 

 draughts of air, and with these precautions the bird's 

 average life is ten years. 



