East India Oriole.—Possesses greater musical powers, and is to be treated same as the Baltimore.
3963. American Mocking Bird.—The sweet "bird of many voices," imitating almost every variety of notes and sounds imaginable. Feed regularly every morning with Indian meal mixed with milk, not very stiff. Give wild cherries, cedar, elder, poke, and whortleberries. An occasional egg, boiled hard and grated; a little raw minced beef; water for washing as well as drink, with plenty of insects, grasshoppers, spiders, particularly during moulting, when they should be kept quiet and away from cold drafts of air.
3964. Regular feeding is important. Adopt a regular hour, say eight o'clock in the morning for feeding and watering, and strictly adhere to it.
If sickly, treat kindly, give spiders daily, and meal-worms; gravel the bottom of the cage and keep very quiet.
The male has a regular line of white feathers in the wing, forming almost a regular curve from tip to shoulder.
3965. American Robin.—Sprightly, beautiful, and musical. Treat similar to mocking bird.