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wholesome, and almost all birds delight in pecking at 

 it ; seven pieces are sold for 6d. 



German paste sold by all bird- sellers for soft billed 

 birds 8d. per pound. Mr. Hawkins' " prepared foods " 

 for these, specially prepared for each variety 2s. a 

 pound : recommended for Mocking Birds, Minas, 

 Tanagers and Pekin Nightingales, and for Thrushes, 

 Larks, and Warblers. Ants' eggs are 2s. 6d. the quart. 

 Dried mosquitoes, from Central Mexico, 33. the quart. 



Bird-gravel is of course an essential ; it is sold at 

 is. per peck. 



I have, I believe, mentioned everything requisite for 

 birds of all species here or in the course of this little 

 volume. Nest-bags I have not spoken of, as they are 

 often receptacles for insects ; moss, cow-hair or doe- 

 hair, and a very little cotton wadding (without which 

 some birds will not build), are all that is required. 



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