. Bird notes . - of mine, may be of interest to onr members, in viewof the mention made of P. apoda in onr last issne. It is fromMr. de Winton, the Acting Superintendent of the Gardens, andis dated March 14th. I regret to say our Bird of Paradise, P. apoda, died about three weeks ago. It had just completed its moult, and was in remarkably fine plumage. Up to twenty- four hours before death it was in high spirits and ate enormously, and was a most charming pet. It had unlimited fruit and biscuits, and I fed it myself the day before it died, on bananas, grapes, biscuits, and mealworms. Imagine m
. Bird notes . - of mine, may be of interest to onr members, in viewof the mention made of P. apoda in onr last issne. It is fromMr. de Winton, the Acting Superintendent of the Gardens, andis dated March 14th. I regret to say our Bird of Paradise, P. apoda, died about three weeks ago. It had just completed its moult, and was in remarkably fine plumage. Up to twenty- four hours before death it was in high spirits and ate enormously, and was a most charming pet. It had unlimited fruit and biscuits, and I fed it myself the day before it died, on bananas, grapes, biscuits, and mealworms. Imagine my surprise, on taking it up when dead, to find that it was terribly thin : this sudden death and emaciation when in high spirits and feeding ravenously, is a very common occurrence. Mr. Clarence Bartlett (the late Superintendent) also in-formed me that the bird was received in exchange from adealer in Germany—Mr, Hagenbeck, he believed. J. A.
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