*'nant, swooped at the Jackdaw and pursued him beak 

 ** to tail over miles of snowy fields, the Daw still 

 " carrying the crust till I lost sight of them." 



This charming account from the pen of one who 

 is evidently an accomplished observer, coupled with 

 m}^ own experiences and those of the real owners of 

 my bird, makes it quite certain that our conservatism 

 in always shooting 3'oung Rooks, instead of taming 

 them, is the cause of our depriving ourselves not 

 only of some very delightful and intelligent pets, but 

 also of the opportunity of coming to some definite 

 conclusions as to the vexed question of the denudation 

 of the face feathers. A score of birds kept for three 

 years from the nest under different conditions, some 

 in aviaries with cemented floors, and some in large 

 wired in portions of soft ground with shelters for them 

 to roost in, would settle the question. 



cTbc (5rcv) parrot. 



By I. D. Murray. 



Although by no means an expert in Parrot matters, 

 I have gleaned much useful information from the 

 various birds I have kept. My experience so far has 

 been entirely with the Red-tailed West African Grey, 

 although I fully intend to go in for other species at 

 an early date. 



First of all let me advise all would be parrot 

 keepers to avoid the bird advertised as "a fluent talker 

 warranted to say over 100 words and many long sen- 

 tences," the price generally being about £1. The 

 talking powers as a rule consist in hideous screams. 



