ri'^ding- jo\ for small birds 



FOOD OF TAME BIRDS. 



It is very necessary to procure for house birds food which 

 is like, or at least which nearly resembles, what they would 

 procure for themselves in their wild state. This is rather 

 difficult, and sometimes almost impossible, for where can we 

 find m our climate the seeds on which the Indian birds feed 

 in their own country 1 Our only resource then is to endeavour, 

 with judgment, to accustom these birds to that food whicli 

 necessity obliges us to give them. There are some birds, such 

 as chaffinches, bullfinches, thrushes, and the Bohemian chat- 

 terer, which are so manageable in this respect, that as soon 

 as they are brought into the house they eat without hesitation 

 anything that is given to them ; but others, which are moro 



