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beauty of its home life in this dream world are in 

 utter contrast to the wants and demands of the Lady 

 Suffragists of to-day ! 



There is an old saying that one always returns to 

 one's first love; perhaps for that reason "A Crystal 

 Age" will never be so popular as "The Naturalist of 

 La Plata." The one charms an idle hour away — the 

 other holds us for all time. 



post flDortein IReporte. 



i^zde Rules). 



Lavknder Finch. (Mrs. Mellor). After a very short illness 

 this bird died of what proved to be pneumonia. 



Gour.DiAN Finch. (Mrs. Mortimer.) There was a fracture. of 

 the skull, accompanied by extensive extravasation of l)lood 

 in and upon the brain. W. Gro. CrESWEI^i,. 



CorrespoiiDence. 



THE FEEDING OF TANAGERvS, &c. 



Sir, — I am expecting in a few days a pair of Scarlet- 

 crowned Hanging Parrots, also a Blue Sugar Bird and a pair of 

 Tanagers. I should like to know how to feed, whether they 

 require any heat, also if they are fairly robust or delicate, and 

 whether they are short-lived or otherwise. W. H. P. 



[The following answer has been sent to this correspondent. Ed.] 



In answer to your letter, my Hanging Parrot eats canary 

 seed and a small piece of sponge cake soaked in water; if yours 

 will eat fruit they will be better for it. The Tanagers and 

 Sugar Bird want a good insectivorous food (without any yelk 

 of egg), and plenty of ripe fruit. The Sugar Bird may require 

 a very little soppy bread and milk, but you will be able to see 

 how it gets on with its food. I think that all these birds, with 



