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my arm and will let me catch them and do not mind, though if 

 Punch is annoyed, any piece of loose flesh is good enough for 

 him to show it on, and he will not let go in a hurry either. 



Next cage — "Jacob and Rebecca," a pair of grey Javas — 

 solemn and retiring. Their one charm is their awful neatness. 

 I think they must be of the Quaker persuasion in bird life, and 

 like the Parrots they think a bit. They like paddy rice with 

 their millet and canary, and a bath sometimes, but they are 

 not so cleanly as Punch and Judy, their smart relations, who 

 take a daily and sometimes twice daily bath. 



I have a lovely Red-headed Gouldian. He is a mourning 

 widower, for his wife died lately, and though he shewed 

 absolutely no affection for the deceased lady during her life, 

 man-like he now regrets her and is moping, so I am going 

 to provide him with another wife, this time a red head. 

 The poor deceased was black, and perhaps he will like auburn 

 hair better than the darker shade. 



Now we come to three lonely Bullies, all tame and all very 

 brightly clothed in scarlet waistcoats. I give them grass seed 

 and maw in addition to German rape and canary. When let out 

 they all go to the same bath and fight, and one always wins, 

 so his name is " Cceur de Lion." 



A pair of hand-reared Chaffinches finishes the present lot. 

 They are jolly little birds and are called "Tariu" and 

 *' Tarinne," quite tame but vicious to all other birds. 



I will write more later as I have many birds on order. 



E. Warren Vernon. 



