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stood in front of a window, the birds enjoyed immunity from draught. It 

 contained a lovely pair of Magpie Tanagers (C. leveriana), Bluish, 2 Palms, 

 Crimson-crowned and the lovely and extremely rare Calliste cayana. This 

 latter species was in my possession till quite recently. It is a lovely species 

 and I believe the only living specimen at present in the United Kingdom, 

 if not in Europe. I will uot stay to describe it here, as Mr. Goodchild has 

 prepared an exquisite coloured drawing of the bird and it will be figured in 

 a near issue of Bird Notes. 



In one of the sitting-rooms was a very fine specimen of the Hawk- 

 headed Caique, one of two imported by our esteemed member, Mr. E. W. 

 Harper, last year. 



In an upper-room, devoted entirely to birds, were : A lovely pair of 

 Purple-cap Lories, in exquisite condition and very intent on housekeeping, 

 though so far most of the eggs have been broken, not surprising as they are 

 kept in a cage of only moderate proportions. These birds completed their 

 first clutch on April 3rd, second on May 4th, and again another clutch by 

 May 31st. It is certainly to be hoped that this time complete success may 

 attend their efforts. 



Swainson's Lorikeets. One of the finest pairs I have seen, also show- 

 ing indications of nesting. 



Blue-crowned Hanging Parrots. An exquisite pair of this lovely 

 species, which were recently brought over by our esteemed member, 

 Capt. Perreau. 



Pintailed Nonpariels. A fine pair of this none too easily kept, but 

 lovely species. 



Last but not least a good specimen, very fit, but still a little rough in 

 feather of the extremely rare Black-winged Lor}-. This also I believe to be 

 the only living specimen at present in this country. 



Mr. Millsum is to be congratulated on a very fine series of well 

 conditioned birds, their condition speaking for his skill in aviculture and his 

 thoughtful care of his avian pets. The foregoing notes are extremely brief, 

 and several of the rarer species call for a detailed description to do them 

 justice, but this lack will be supplied in later issues in separate accounts of 

 the rare species. 



The dietary of the insectivorous and frugivorous species has consisted 

 of soft food {vide Vol. VI.), milk sop, boiled rice, ripe fruit in variety, and 

 live insects. The Finches, etc., have had seed in addition, and that all have 

 thriven well, their very fit condition amply testifies. 



Since my visit, two large rooms have been rented entirely for the 

 birds, and fitted up with large flight cage, flights, also steadying cages to 

 prepare them for the show bench, so that some of the birds are even more 

 happily housed than when I saw them. 



We shall hope to have accounts of some of the species noted herein 

 from Mr. Millsum's pen during the course of the current volume. 



