. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. ngs likea pendulum, or on the ground where he is constantly twitching, wag-ging, or thrashing his tail about in themost ludicrous fashion as he feeds onthe ground — dieting upon worms,insects, and fruits. The mocking bird, commonlyknown in this country as a cage bird,is the Minms polyglottits. As a cage,bird he retains his nocturnal habits,often singing and fluttering in thenight. He is quite a tease also, forthere is scarcely a sound, whethermade by bird or beast about him,that he cannot imitate so clearly asto deceive every
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. ngs likea pendulum, or on the ground where he is constantly twitching, wag-ging, or thrashing his tail about in themost ludicrous fashion as he feeds onthe ground — dieting upon worms,insects, and fruits. The mocking bird, commonlyknown in this country as a cage bird,is the Minms polyglottits. As a cage,bird he retains his nocturnal habits,often singing and fluttering in thenight. He is quite a tease also, forthere is scarcely a sound, whethermade by bird or beast about him,that he cannot imitate so clearly asto deceive every one but is no songster in America orin all the world that is so rich andtender in its song. The bird is anornament to all aviaries, where hiswhistle and his melodious song maybe heard all day. But some of his brightnessis too apt to disappear in captivity, which isusually the case with captive birds of all birds belonging to the Troglodytidae —the brown thrashers, catbirds, mocking birds— as a general thing are greedy, and scrupulous. Tnt: Dutch Bullfinch THE BIRDS OF THE AVIARY 279 care must be given to the quantity of food thatis provided for them when placed in linnet called Little Pope {Fringillalinaria) is distinguishable from the one called Little Brother {F. montium) by a black patchon the chin and a red skull, both birds being ofa fine reddish brown. Though they do not sing,they have their place in the aviary, where theircolors give infinite pleasure. In Germany it wasformerly the fashion, as it still is elsewhere, tohave competitions of singing birds, for whichbreeders were in the habit of putting out the of violet-brown specks. The bird can be taughtall sorts of tunes, provided respect is paid to hiscaprices ; that is to say, the same gestures, thesame flatteries, the same little coaxing words,must be used, and even the same coat shouldbe worn when the lessons are given! Well-taught bullfinches are worth their weight ingold.
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