THE STARLINGS OR MYNAHS. 55 



easily selected by the signs above given ; secondly, to 

 give it a big cage ; and thirdly, after it has got its full 

 plumage and grown its wattles or lappets, not to give 

 it much rich food like bread-and-milk and satoo, but to 

 feed it mostly on fruit. Fruit-eating birds like these 

 have gross appetites, and too nourishing a diet is likely 

 to give them fits by inducing a plethoric habit of body. 



The Hill Mynah thrives also as an aviary bird, and for 

 this purpose old wild caught ones will do quite well, 

 though not suitable as cage-pets. They breed from March 

 to May, which will indicate the time when young birds 

 may be looked for in the bird markets. 



