. Bird notes . ^ but thegregarious instincts of the many friends one meetsonly at the annual re-union at the Palace rendered thisimpossible to anyone who was at all well-known,especially under the conditions of lighting in the newlocale, which, while they were all that could be wishedfor during the day, rendered some of the birds in-visible after the electric light was switclied 46 H few BiiOs at the Zoo. Ey McDonagh. j^ KING a regular visitor to the Zoo, I see maii}^\q\ new animals and miss many inmates that have^-^^ joined the majority. I have been there twice quite recently, and
. Bird notes . ^ but thegregarious instincts of the many friends one meetsonly at the annual re-union at the Palace rendered thisimpossible to anyone who was at all well-known,especially under the conditions of lighting in the newlocale, which, while they were all that could be wishedfor during the day, rendered some of the birds in-visible after the electric light was switclied 46 H few BiiOs at the Zoo. Ey McDonagh. j^ KING a regular visitor to the Zoo, I see maii}^\q\ new animals and miss many inmates that have^-^^ joined the majority. I have been there twice quite recently, and Iwas surprised to notice on my last visit how manybirds had gone, that were looking well a short whileago. The bird that I missed most of all was theEmerald Bird of Paradise, which was kept in theInsect House ; I am sure all who saw it will be sorry tohear that it died of tuberculins as the keeper calledit, early in the 3^ear ; it had been ailing for sometime, and it never got accustomed to its food ; it hada slight injury under one wing, probabh caused by thenatives while effecting its capture. In the same house there were two beautifulMynahs, one of which could just speak a few words;these birds evidenth^ do well in captivit3% as one ofthem has been in the Zoo since 1885. The yellowpatches round their necks were especially food consists of meat very fineh c
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