. Bird notes . d to roughing it, and in a parallelcase would probably show his disinclination to beexperimented on by quietly lying on his back on thefloor of the cage or aviary, a mute reproach to itswhilom owner. Never mind if a bird is minus a tail, and possiblysome breast and crown feathers ; if the carriage isalert and jaunty and the eyes are bright and open,you are generally safe in selecting it. A bird canhardly travel some thousands of miles and remaincooped up as he has been and retain an irreproachableappearance, though some manage to do so. Thefeathers will grow again very quickly,
. Bird notes . d to roughing it, and in a parallelcase would probably show his disinclination to beexperimented on by quietly lying on his back on thefloor of the cage or aviary, a mute reproach to itswhilom owner. Never mind if a bird is minus a tail, and possiblysome breast and crown feathers ; if the carriage isalert and jaunty and the eyes are bright and open,you are generally safe in selecting it. A bird canhardly travel some thousands of miles and remaincooped up as he has been and retain an irreproachableappearance, though some manage to do so. Thefeathers will grow again very quickly, and, a word inyour ear, the dealer will probably accept a somewhatlower price for that bald one ! -Ai * * ^ i:- I was often impressed during my term of theSecretaryship of the by the frequent applica-cations I received from members asking for advice onthe very of foreign bird keeping. And it hasgrown on me that the writers of articles in our maga-zine often presume a full knowledge of rudiments on. 175 the part of their readers. I may have erred myself—whereas I am afraid that through the omission ofreferences to these a good deal has been just so muchGreek to many. It has been this consideration there-fore which has induc-^d me to mention many matterswell known to the experienced aviculturist, but which,I hope and believe, may prove of use and interest tothe bird-keeper in embryo. TKHan^ciiii96 in the Zoo- By J. E. R. McDONAGH, , I ought reall} this month to have continued, orrather finished my notes on the birds in the Parrothouse, but seeing that I have some })hotographswhich the Editor has asked me for, I think it woulabe more fitting to say a few words about the Penguinsand the inmates of the Gull aviary. I would first mention that a notable event hasoccurred in the Seal pond, in that a pair of Penguins(Sp/ie?izscus de77iersus) from Africa has succeeded inbreeding this year. Two eggs were laid on a ledge ofthe rocks and fortunately both hatc
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