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GENEEAL EEMARKS. 



Wherever we have mentioned soaked bread, 

 we would recommend roils (stale), they being generally 

 of a better quality of flour, and not so sour. 



These rolls, split in two, and put into an oven, until 

 they become hard enough to be pounded, answer better 

 than biscuit or crackers. 



Universal Food for Soft-Bill Birds* 

 Paste No. 1. — Two-fifths white bread (stale), well soak- 

 ed in water, and then pressed out; two-fifths barley or oat- 

 meal ; one-fifth hard-boiled ^gg, chopped fine. The whole 

 to be mixed with milk and water, and made into a paste. 

 Paste No. 2. — One-third white bread (stale), well soa- 

 ked in water, and then pressed out ; or biscuit pounded ; 

 one-third carrot, grated, and the juice squeezed out ; one- 

 sixth of hard-boiled ^gg and one sixth of bruised hemp- 

 seed. All mixed up and made into a paste. 



These pastes will agree with all soft-bill birds ; it 

 must, however, be made fresh every day. As a change 

 of diet, a little lean beef, boiled or raw, but scraped or 

 chopped very fine, may be added to the above paste. 

 Also, some dried currants, or raisins washed clean, and 

 chopped up fine, are very good for those that eat them. 

 A small addition of ants' eggs is most excellent, especia41y 

 for those birds that live solely on insects. From two to 

 six meal worms daily is also very good for them. 



*By soft-bill birds we mean those that live on fruit, insects, 

 berries, &c. We may distinguish them by their long bill. 



Seed birds live on all kinds of seeds, their bill is generally 

 thick and short. 



