114 CANARIES AND CAGE-BIRDS. 



uest, and suitable small sticks, fine, dry grass, and deer's hair, for the construction 

 of the fabric. Egg and potato is good food for the nestlings, but it may be varied 

 by giving dry prepared Mocking-bird food, with raw carrot grated and mixed with it. 

 Millet-seed soaked so it can be crushed easily between the fingers is also good food 

 during the first four or six weeks of the nestling's life. 



The Green Cardinal is also imported from Brazil, but is rarely seen in New 

 York. He is sometimes called the Black-crested Cardinal. Though not so showy 

 in feather as his more brilliant cousins, he is a very pretty bird, is gentle, and is 

 more fond of human society than either of the others is. His breast is a light 

 green, back and tail green and black in stripes, and the crest a rich, clear, coal 

 black. He is a little larger than the Gray Cardinal. 



The proper cage, food, and care are the same as for the other Cardinals. 



