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Fdods for \(iri(iiiv ('(iiic 
Foods for Various Cage Birds. 
By TiNNiswooD Miller, F.Z.S. 
Noticing a letter in the Septemljer issue on this subject I 
think perhaps the foHowiny list of l)irds and their foods may l)e 
of some assistance to those memljers who have just begun to keep 
foreign birds. 
Of the birds that my wife and self have kept from time to 
time, only those are mentioned that have moulted, come into and 
remained in good health and perfect plumage : most of them 
have been shown at one time or another at either the Horticultural 
Hall or Palace 8hows, and have generally managed to get among 
the cards. 
All our birds are kept, either singly or in pairs, in separate 
cages. The seeds and foods are placed in the order I consider 
most important for the different species. 
LOVEBIRDS. 
Buderigars and Canary, white millet, Indian millet, apple, 
Madagascar lettuce, flowering grass and spray millet. 
Lovebirds. 
Red-faced Indian millet, spray millet, canary, white 
Lovebirds. millet, lettuce and apple. 
(I do not think these birds will live any length 
of time without Indian millet). 
Blue-winged, Canary, white and Indian millet, paddy rice. 
Black-faced, hemp, apple, lettuce, grass, spray millet and 
Peach-faced and white oats. 
Guiana Lovebirds 
PARROTS AND PARRAKEETS. 
Grey and Hawk- Sunflower (white, striped antl black) canary 
headed Parrots, hemp, paddy i-ice, dari, wheat, fruit and nuts in 
season ; as tit-bits, cake, biscuits, and a little 
milk pudding (rice for choice). 
Cuban Parrots. The same as above, but more fruit and green 
stuff. 
Dusky and Red- 
vented Parrots. 
Canary, sunflower, hemp, paddy rice, dari 
wheat, fruit, nuts, green stufl^, biscuits, and 
cake. 
