Feathered Friends
Greene, William Thomas
Excerpt from Feathered Friends: Old and New
To the point, however. I have said that it has some defects which detract from the general excellence of its character, and so it has. In the first place, it is purely of insectivorous habits, a serious difficulty in the matter of keeping it until recently, for after a short dieting upon the makeshifts that are vended for insect-eaters, one of these birds will soon grieve its owner by having a fit, ...
