Favourite Foreign Birds. 



much less fuss as to elaboration of food, seeing that 

 their diet consists mainly of white sorghum, commonly 

 called millet, upon which they also feed their young. 



FIG. 8. THE WHITE BENGALESE. 



They all make a nest of hay, lined with cotton 

 and feathers, in a cocoanut husk, or shell, a small cage, 



FIG. 9. THE NUTMEG BIRD. 



or any convenient box. They lay four or five pure 

 white eggs, which are incubated for twelve or thirteen 

 days, and there are numerous broods during the year. 



