6o Practical Bird-Keeping. 



gave it a piece either not ripe enough or too ripe, it would go 

 without for hours, until it was changed. 



All Tanagers are particularly fond of bathing, but some to 

 a more marked extent than others, some will lie in the bath and 

 literally soak, before splashing in the usual way, and come out so 

 wet, that they are totally unable to get to their top perches, and 

 others go in and make a great splashing and hop straight to the 

 top perch, having hardly wetted themselves at all. It is curious 

 to notice the eflfect of the water on the different colours, some 

 birds seem to change colour entirely when they are wet, a Tri- 

 colour is one of the most noticeable in this respect. 



