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pale sulphur, but at present it is too soiled for one to be 

 certain about this. It is exceedingly tame and continually 

 cries out to be fondled and nursed — evidently a hand-reared 

 bird. When it first came it would eat nothing but hemp seed 

 and a little porridge, but lately it has eaten some of the soaked 

 maize. It likes grapes, apple, and banana. It tries hard to get 

 out when it sees water, but I have been afraid, as my brother 

 was told on no account to let it touch water for two months 

 after its arrival in this country. F. A. Good. 



[The following reply was sent to Mrs. Good. — Ed.] 



The pair of Parrots are a male and female Eclectus, the 

 green one is the male and the purple one the female. 



You are feeding correcth'. 



The small Cockatoo is probably from Timor Laut. You 

 can give it the hemp and soaked maize; perhaps in time it will 

 take other seeds, but do not attempt to starve it to any 

 particular diet. 



With regard to water, it is quite a mistake to deprive these 

 poor birds of drink; at the same time, when they have been 

 without it for any length of time, great care must be taken not 

 to give too much. 



A teaspoouful or so about twice a day would be sufficient 

 to begin with, and the quantity be very gradually increased until 

 they have quite got over their thirst and are able to look at 

 and bathe in water without wanting to swallow it all. 



W. T. Greene. 



CHAFFINCHES AT THE WINDOW. 



Sir, — Under the above heading an account was given on 

 page 264 of Vol. IV. of Bird Notes of two cock Chaffinches 

 seeking shelter at a window from a gale in the previous 

 November (1905). Curious to relate a like incident has occurred 

 in the November of this year and at the same hour of the 

 evening, between six and seven o'clock, and at the close of a 

 wild blustering day, the wind being at the time still ver\^ high. 

 A sound of tapping on the glass together with a fluttering of 

 wings was heard, and on opening the window a cock Chaffinch 

 immediately flew into the room and was soon caught, dazzled 



