My Aviary and Inmates. 9 



Firefinches, Cordon Bleus. Bronze-wing-ed and Blaok -headed 

 Mannikins, Nutmeg Finches, Bullftnehes, Goldfinches, Redpolls, 

 Canaries, and Madagascar Weavers. 



I have sought to get a pair of Red-headed Gouldian 

 Finches, as I greatly desire to possess a pair of these lovely 

 birds, but so far without success. 



I put in for the Waxbills a Cineraria plant covered 

 with blight, and the next morning my two Avadavats were 

 dead, one in each corner, with a lot of feathers about. 



[I think the cause of death is obvious, the poor mites 

 had been scared by a cat or some similar vermin, and had 

 flown about till exhausted and then perished miserably— it is 

 usually the new arrivals that these pests of our gardens scare 

 to death. — Ed] 



The Chinese Painted Quails were very wild at first in 

 spite of clipped wings, but they are now becoming quite tame 

 and run about the flight in the daytime. The Budgerigars 

 have done a lot of nesting Avith practically no result, there has 

 also been some cross -mating with odd birds, but so far nothing 

 reared. 



As regards dietary, I supply millet and canary seed, also 

 a mixture of rape, teazle and hemp. For green food they get 

 seeding grass, shepherd's purse, chickweed, thistle -heads, etc. 

 This diet appears to suit them, as apart from new arrivals, my 

 losses have been small. 



I had a fair number of losses with new arrivals, during 

 the cold spells of this summer, but in spite of these and other 

 discouragements my birds have given me infinite pleasure and 

 interest, and T am now putting up a small enclosed aviary as 

 winter quarters for them. 



Everett's Parrot. 



By Rev. G. H. Raynor. 



I have become the fortunate possessor of what I believe 

 to be a rare bird, Tanygnathus cveretfi. In his excellent liook 

 on Parrakeets, p. 90, Mr. Seth- Smith tells us that the genus 

 Tanycpiathns Wagl " is distinguished by the bill being very 

 deep and powerful, with a very broad anterior surface to the 



