M Mji Adders' Avlarji. 



is their sleiulcr legs that suHVm' ;iiul yet sti'aiin'fl. Kcgai'ding 

 the kinds of birds one \\\iiy keep, there are (juite a uuinl)er 

 lo clioose from, sonic of which I give photographs of." 



Amongst otliers, the i'nlh)wing do well to.uetluT : l-Jed- 

 shanks; Green, Grey, Ciolden, anrl Ringed IMovei-s; Knots, 

 Dunlins, Oyster-eatchei's, ('ui'h'ws; Black-headed, and Little 

 I i alls: Godwits, Avocels, Sandpiiiers, and most of the Ducks, 

 such as Jhulily, and Common Sheldrakes, Shovellers, Wigeon, 

 Teal, Pintail, Pochards, Carolina. Mandarin, etc. 



The great drawdiack to keeping the Black-headed Gulls 

 and Ducks with small \\'adei's is that they will, without special 

 precaution is taken, eat up all the food and leave the ^^^aders 

 to practically starve, so it would be better to keej) only the 

 sma,ll Waders together. 



(To hr Cnulinucd). 



*Will be reproduced with next instalment. — P^D. 



Freely Imported Species and their Treatment. 



THE YKLLOW SPARROW (Passer luteiis). 

 By R. Suggitt. 



Many of the Foreign Sparrows, of which there are 

 uji wards of twenty species, are very handsome and interesting 

 birds, and although they are too active and restless for cage 

 life, they are charming as aviary birds. Not more than one 

 pair should l)e put into the same enclosure, and a watch 

 should l)e kept on individuals associated Avith birds weaker 

 than themselves, as they are sometimes liable to run amok. 

 From my experience of the two or three species I have kept 

 I should say that most of them would readily nest in a faif 

 sized aviary. 



The Yellow Sparrow is not on the market as regularly 

 as could be desired, but it is often obtainable at a reasonable, 

 price, and may be called fairly common. It is much smaller 

 than our old friend the House Sparrow, and far more brightly 

 coloured, but it is an unmistakable Sparrow. The male has 

 the head, neck, and the whole of tne underparts pale primrose 

 yellow, which however deepens with each successive moult, 



