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that it is almost impossible to detect it, except when 
it runs from one into the other, or shows itself on 
the open part of a tree. 
In a wild state, this species feeds chiefly on fruit 
and berries of various sorts ; it is also very fond of 
many sorts of insects, such as caterpillars, butterflies, 
spiders, &c. It is not very difficult to take in a trap, 
baited with a cherry, a living butterfly, or a green 
caterpillar ; it will soon become familiar in confine- 
ment, and will readily take to feed on the bruised 
hemp-seed and bread, if some currants, raspberries, 
or other small fruit, be stuck in it. To have it always 
in perfect health, it is requisite that some kind of 
fruit, or berries, be always kept in its cage ; any sort 
of fruit, or berry, that is eatable, or wholesome, may 
be given it ; in the Winter, privet-berries , and slices 
of a mellow apple, or pear, or a roasted apple ; also 
a few flies, or spiders, occasionally. 
In confinement, this bird will sing the greater part 
of the year, and will soon take to sing after being 
caught ; I have known one caught in April, to begin 
singing the next morning ; but it was hung near 
some other birds. This was the first species of the 
genus that I attempted to keep through the Winter ; 
and it was several seasons before I could manage it 
well ; but as soon as I found out that it would feed 
on the bruised hemp-seed and bread, my difficulty 
was at an end ; and I had no doubt but all the other 
species would feed on the same sort of food ; this 
proves to be correct, as far as I have had an oppor- 
tunity of deciding. 
