Birds In and About the Station. 171 



of a tree near by. This was according to the rules of the 

 game, but the cock now toolc a hand and settled on a low 

 brancli near where slie had fallen, uttering cries of anxiety aad 

 alarm. 1 really thought that there was something wrong and 

 went to the place, only a few yards off. Thp nature of the 

 ground prevented my investigating too closely at once, and 

 while I was hesitating I heard the hen and saw her fluttering 

 with difficulty along the edge of the hedge on the ground 

 past the nest, the cock following her anxiously in the hedge 

 above. Of course I now saw that I was being had." but 

 followed them fast enough to keep the game going. They took 

 me about thirty yards away and then quietly vanished. For 

 the benefit of my wife I made them do 'the trick again that 

 afternoon and again the next day. After that they ignored my 

 attempts, evidently spotting that the deception had become 

 useless. Still I fear that they did not trust me too much 

 as their young left the nest earlier than they should have 

 and did not return. 1 hope they did well, but, young ])irds 

 that leave the nest too soon take grave risks. 



I often wonder that more Bulbuls have hot l)een bred 

 in captivity, in the United Kingdom, as there would 1)e no 

 climatic drawbacks to success with any of the three species I 

 have mentioned. I can't say they are particularly interesting 

 but, any bird gains in interest when breeding or pretending 

 to do so. The last named is distinctly a bird to catch the 

 eye, on account of it's crest and sprightly carriage. 'The 

 upper parts are olive brown; the lower parts lighter brown; 

 ear-coverts white; the under tail-coverts are sulphur yellow. 

 Length nearly 8 inches, tail 3.5 



To he continued. 



Freely Imported Species and Their Treatment. 



By J. Sumner Marriner. 



PARRAKEETS. 



The Aviaries : My aviaries consist of a wire run some 



twenty yards long, ten feet wide, and seven feet high, except in 



the middle, where a square, which I call the Tower, of some ten 



feet each way, runs up about twelve feet high, giving a raised coign 



