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the female, as by feeding and billing her, 

 pluming her feathers, &c. 



During this season they should be given 

 the most enlivening as well as the most 

 nourishing food. I would strongly recom- 

 mend a composition, made after the fol- 

 lowing recipe, as the best addition to their 

 daily allowance. Take one egg and two 

 or three oysters, each boiled very hard, 

 then chop, or grate them fine, adding some 

 wheat-bread carefully and finely crumbled, 

 and a little swelled Indian and oat-meal in 

 equal quantities, and a small portion (two 

 drachms) of maw-seed. Mix the whole 

 well together. Give the birds a table- 

 spoonful morning and afternoon, keeping 

 the rest in a moist situation for future use. 

 In a week your birds will be paired. This 

 mixture I have found very successful in 

 many instances, and the experience of a 

 host of friends confirms my own. 



The breeding cage, which must be of 

 good size, so as to allow the birds room 

 for exercise, must now be obtained. The 



