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TAMING A PARROT:— It will be remembered 

 that one of my Senegals remained extremely vicious 

 after many months of captivity. I then resolved to 

 make a strenuous ejEfort to tame him, and am glad to 

 say that, up to the point of his shewing some affection 

 to myself, I have succeeded. First of all I put him 

 into solitary confinement in my waiting room and for 

 several days kept him very hungry, so that he was 

 glad to feed from my hand. At first I got many 

 savage bites, but by degrees he seemed to recognize 

 that I meant well by him, and at last allowed me to 

 stroke his head and play with him while in the cage. 

 I can now put my hand right in, and so long as he 

 gets no fright from sudden movements, he actually 

 responds to caresses. But he allows no liberties from 

 others. Had I sufficient time to devote to him I feel 

 sure that he would become as tame as the other. Dr. 

 Hopkinson tells me that he has known some indi- 

 viduals that were quite untameable. 



W. Geo. Crkswki.1.. 



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Gour,DiAN Finch hen. (Mr. Castle-Sloaiie). In breeding 

 condition. Death was caused by rupture of an ovarian 

 blood vessel, resulting in a large clot in that neighbour- 

 hood. 



PiNTAir, NoNPARKii<. (Mr. F. Howe). Pneumonia was the 

 cause of death in this freshly imported bird. 



GouivDiAN Finch hen. (Mrs. Mortimer). This bird died of 

 pneumonia. There was also present a curious condition 

 occasionally met with in cage birds, both alive and dead, 

 consisting of a large area of the skin of the body being 



