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Greenfinch. (Mrs. McAdam). Very emaciated, this bird 

 had old established disease of the liver, congestion of this 

 organ having resulted in fatty degeneration. 



W. Geo. Creswri,!,. 



Correspon&euce. 



PENGUINS, ETC., AT BAIyLYWALTER PARK. 



Sir, — My birds have come through the winter very well 

 on the whole. This year I took the Cordon Bleus into the 

 conservatory aviary as I found if left out during the winter 

 they did not breed well in the summer. The only new birds in 

 my aviary are a Yellow-backed Whydah which I bought in 

 Paris from M. Traverser, 24, Quai du Louvre — I mention the 

 name and address as I was particularly impressed by the way 

 he kept his birds— very clean and not overcrowded and very 

 few sickly ones among them. I am sure that if other dealers 

 took as much care of the health of their birds there would be 

 far less disease and death. I have always found his birds 

 strong and healthy. My other new bird is a lovely Waxwing 

 given me by a man in Belfast to whom it was sent by a man in 

 Russia, and who had no means of keeping it. At the moment 

 of writing I have had it ten days, and it looks the picture of 

 health and beauty. I turned it out in the aviary at once. It 

 feeds on currants (dried) and fruit. 



I still have my two Flamingoes, one white and one pink, — 

 quite tame, and three pairs of Canadian Geese. The two 

 young ones that were reared last year flew away in November, 

 and three weeks ago a magnificient gander appeared among 

 the others, and we suppose it was one of those that flew away 

 returning to its home, but we could not catch it and the others 

 have driven it away. I have also two Penguins— they are 

 most charming birds and very amusing — I first brought one 

 over at Easter from Hamlyn, and we had great difficulty in 

 feeding it. It was absolutely fearless and would bite very hard 

 if caught. We had to catch it every day and open its beak to 

 put a piece of fish and raw meat down ; after a week I sent 



