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corner with liardly sufficient room to turn round in. 

 The last time I saw them they had a hir<;e cage and 

 attracted consideral)le attention ])y their peculiar notes. 

 A Green and a Crimson-crested Barbet followed, looking 

 quiet and sedate. Tlie small cages took all the life out 

 of these birds. An old friend, the White-capped 

 Tanager, brought criticism into play. It was in fine 

 colour, but not in the best condition. What its age must 

 be is somewhat of a puzzle. It has been in the Gardens 

 over eighteen years — the longest authentic instance, I 

 suppose, of any Tanager living in captivity. Two other 

 Tanagers, the Thick-billed, and the All Green, were in 

 the next compartment. Neither were beautiful, the 

 Thick-billed less so than the All Green, which was just 

 coming into colour : both were in poor condition. 

 Two Striated Tanagers, (a specimen of which was offered 

 me recently), were in the next cage. The}- did not look at 

 all well and the keeper prophesied they would soon 

 "go." Further on, some Sugar Birds were making the 

 most of the small space at their disposal. What lively 

 little fellows they are ! There were specimens of the Blue 

 and of theYellow-winged — two or three of the latter — one 

 of these showing its bright wing feathers to advantage. 

 The Blue Sugar Birds were out of color. A Blue-winged 

 Siva and a Silver-eared Mesiaoccupied'the two following 

 cages. Both are rather rare birds, but were not other- 

 wise ver}- interesting. 



A Golden-headed Hangnest, a Yellow-tufted and a 

 Warty-faced Honeyeater, all in good condition, com- 

 pleted the list. The most noticable absentees were the 

 Superb Tanagers. I mentioned the matter to the keeper, 

 and he replied that they, (the Society), never could keep 

 them for any length of time; they died with monotonous 

 regularity. The pity 'tis 'tis true, as I know to my cost. 



I stayed chatting with the man some time, and 

 among other interesting items, he told me that a certain 

 Hyacinthe Macaw, at that moment basking in the sun, 

 was supposed to be the celebrated winner of so many 

 prizes at our leading Shows a few years ago. Just as I 



