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plantations, where it feeds chiefly on fruit, and will 
not refuse some kinds of insects ; it is very fond of 
the larva or caterpillar that is often found in great 
abundance on Cabbage-plants, the produce of Pa - 
pilio Brassicce , and I know no other bird of the 
genus that will feed on it. Soon after its arrival here, 
the Strawberries are ripe, and it is not long before it 
finds them out; the Cherries it will begin before 
they are quite ripe; and I know not any kind of 
fruit or berry which is wholesome, that it will re- 
fuse ; it generally tastes the Plums, Pears, and early 
Apples, before it leaves us ; and when in confine- 
ment, it also feeds freely on Elder, Privet, and Ivy 
Berries ; it is also partial to Berberries, and a soft 
Apple or Pear. 
These birds are not so easily caught as some of 
the other species ; they are more shy of getting into 
a trap ; but in gardens where they are plentiful, they 
may be taken occasionally in a Nightingale trap, 
baited with a ripe Cherry or Raspberry, or a living 
Butterfly or Caterpillar pinned on. They will readily 
take to feed on the bruised hemp-seed and bread, 
or on bread and milk ; they are also fond of fresh 
raw meat, both fat and lean ; also the yolk of an 
egg occasionally. To bring them to eat it directly, 
a few Currants or Raspberries, or other small fruit, 
must be stuck in it ; in eating these out, they taste 
the other food, which they prefer to the fruit at first, 
for a change. Fruit of some kind or other, should, 
if possible, be always kept in their cage. In Winter 
they are very fond of a roasted Apple ; and as soon 
as the Berries of the Ivy are ripe, they should be 
supplied with some; they will then succeed very 
well. 
