Parthenope would be glad to know what would be the best food for a starling in the winter?—[A sort of stock food is made of the fine-ground oats called "fig-dust," made into a stiff dough with milk and water, adding every day a pinch of soaked currants or a little fine-shredded raw beef. Give a little fruit now and then, and a few odd worms, insects, or snails. A little sopped bread will be taken as a change, but there must be a little animal food.]
Mary Brazier asks what is the best food for a dormouse. She knows that a little Indian corn is often given.—[You should vary the diet with wheat, Indian corn, bits of bread-crust, bread-and-milk squeezed dry, with any kind of nut occasionally, and a few blades of grass or field weeds.]
ANSWERS TO OUR LITTLE FOLKS' OWN PUZZLES (p. 317).
POETICAL ACROSTIC.—Campbell.
1. C hâteaubriand. 2. A lfieri. 3. M ilton. 4. P etraria. 5. B yron. 6. E ulla. 7. L eopardi. 8. L amartine.
MISSING VOWEL PUZZLE.
"Break, break, break,
On thy cold grey stones, O sea!
And I would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in me."
DOUBLE GEOGRAPHICAL ACROSTIC.
Italy—Garda.
1. I ou G. 2. T arif A. 3. A nadi R. 4. L ichfiel D. 5. Y andill A.