feet dirty. He lives in a box cage — a single breeding 

 cage with the nest boxes removed. He is ver}' pugnacious, 

 and when one has to catch him he will throw himself on 

 his back and fight with beak and claws. 



Two or three years ago he was lost for four days, 

 when returning from a Show, through the address label 

 coming off — but he came home none the worse for his 

 ])rolonged journey, with the wrapper covered with 

 railwa}^ labels, "try so-and-so," etc. Since then I have 

 always put ants' eggs at the bottom of the Show cages 

 of my insectivorous birds, so that they may not starve if 

 delayed on their journey. 



I hope, if the weather is not too severe, to send him 

 to the Palace in February, when he wdll be nearly nine 

 years old. His name is " Sir Francis." 



Robin DENE. 



THE GREEN BULBUL. 



Is the Green Bulbul ever imported now ? I never 

 see the bird mentioned in " Bird Notes." Can it be that 

 the younger generation of aviculturists do not care about 

 the bird, or are they unacquainted with its charms .- 

 vSome ten years ago single specimens of this species used 

 to come into the market from time to time : they were 

 always perfectly tame and were said to be hand-reared in 

 their native land, India. 



This bird is not a true Rulbul, and is more correcth' 

 called the Green Mala1)ar Honeysucker, a name which 

 has the fatal defect of being too. long and cluni-S}' for 

 <ieneral use. The Green Bulbul is, I think, almost with- 

 out exception, the most delightful of cage birds, but it 

 wants to be kept in a cage (as large a cage as you can 

 give it), and not in an aviary where its charming traits 

 are lost in the crowd. 



If I recollect rightly, it was in 1S93 that I first 

 bought a Green Bulbul : he was very tame and became 



