The Redwing. 43 
composed of bruised figs, flour, and other eatables of 
a fattening property, to improve the delicacy and 
flavour of their flesh. These aviaries were made with 
very little light, just sufficient to show their food— 
every object around being obscured: there was nothing 
present to remind them of their past liberty. Upon 
this treatment these birds fattened, to the great profit 
of their owners, who sold them to epicures for two 
shillings each. The flavour of the Redwing when very 
fat is considered finer than that of the quail or wood- 
Gock. 

