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A tea.-,;" .i.u '>- r, - -.,uur, with the 

 addition 01 ir f .*aru yelk of egg, and a 

 few drops 01 water, will make an excellent 

 food for young birds; to the old ones it may 

 be given dry. The powder must not be 

 kept more than two weeks, as the rape-seed 

 is apt to turn sour, so that when the water 

 is put to it it smells like mustard. It is 

 best to make a small quantity of this paste 

 every day ; under such treatment young 

 birds grow rapidly. Stale sponge cake, 

 rubbed to powder, with hard white of egg, 

 is a good food for birds for two or three 

 days after being taken from their parents. 



In the way of live food throw in occasion- 

 ally ants' eggs, small red worms, spiders, etc. 

 When the windows are kept open in sum- 

 mer, hundreds of flies, gnats, and other 

 minute ephemera, will find their way into 

 aviary cages and aviary rooms, and no small 

 amusement is it to watch the gyrations of 

 the birds as they topple over to catch their 

 prey. 



