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liinl.s ()/' (utlt/li/tl. 



really (wccllcnl, ami vciy dilTcn'nl In tin; di'ird u|> lliiii^ii's nui' iniys 

 as " lUiMikry -imis " in lMii;iaiul. iNalivc iiaiiii's (or (his I'ai'i'a- 

 kci'l. arc Cha-krlli, oi- Krlli kclli in Maiiiliiii^' > ami Trh-iy, rcliny 

 i krl or Kelt- in JniolV. 



Niunl>rr two, liu' SIIN IX; A h TAlvKOT is also very coniinuu 

 ami ^'erlainly oiu' <<\ llie liesl kn:i\vn l>irils df the, llain'na, w iiere. 

 it. IS known as a " Duimlnni," not I'l'oin any iTsuMniilanre I i a soi't- 

 nosi'd Imllel, Iml from ils dololT nanu', " \dnni nduni." In Mandiugu 

 Ihi'ir n;une is " doho." As a. ri-onlispiece lo \dl. \'. of lilnl Noles 

 we hail a lifedike plale oi Miss ('idln-r's " Duindnin," whieli is 

 slid alive and as tame and in a peid'eel eomlilion as cni-i', lh:iu,i;'h 

 more llian ten years old, as is also a inrd i liaxc, whieli niusL 

 be nearly as old. My Idrd is .still alisihilely tins, w nihv with 

 ladies, Ihouyh it dislikes most nu-n ; it. Iincs lu'im;- I', nulled and 

 lias learnt to say one or two wiu'ds m a runny little plain, i\e \oie.'. 



In the ailult the whole head and I'a 'e are lilaekish i;-rey, the. 

 lower hi'east, belly and under tail -eo\-erls l)rii;'ht yellow <lee[)ening 

 to oraiiii'e at the eenl;.'et, tJi,' tad and llii;-lits a.re bhud<i>h in-own 

 waslunl with tdivt> and Ihe rest of the |)luniai;'e, that is, the whole 

 vipiH'r parts, Ihe thi,i;lis ami a .shield -shaped breastdiand between 

 rne g'rey throa.t ami ytdlow Ixdly, a brii,'-ht i^rass yi-eeii. The 

 sexes ,a.re alike. The youiii;' at lirst ha\e no yellow breast., the 

 wiiide upper and lowi-r parts ludiii;- ureeii, dnllei' than tha-t of the 

 adult, and the head browner and washed with olive.^ As they i;'row 

 the yellow s.:on a.ppears, bid the fnll adult brillianee does not seem 

 to be rea.ehed (ill at le.isl the see.iml year. The ii-is in the old 

 Mrd is a lii;hl hazel or ytdlowish brown, in (he youiii;- blaek i;-|'adu- 

 ally ehaiiiiiui;- throu,;;'h i;rey and tln'ii i;-reyish yellow to the bruw)! 

 of the adult. The bill is blaekish in the atlull, and horn ,i;'rey tiiii^'cd 

 with [u'nk in the youny. The h't;s are dark i;-rev in the adult, 

 dirly pink in the youui^'. Lengdh a.bont S.', inches. The .Senegal 

 rarrol is my ideal pet in the parnd. limv, lh'> very antithesis of 

 the lling-nrek ; easily (amed, ipiiet, and intelligent. II makes un 

 dilV(>renee whether it. is laken idd in- young, in three or four il;i>s 

 it" is pi-aetieally lame, and in a Wieidv (d)viiuisly deligh'ts in being 

 scratched, and shows every sign of enjoying the attentions and 

 presence of its owner. The one I have now, though an old bird, 

 which fought and bd savagely when lirst brought, to nie, beuan 

 (o feed within twenty- four-hours and was safe lo handh> in three 

 days; and nearly every bird of (his kind, which 1 have kept (U- 

 seen, has shown just the same natural tameuess and adaptability to 

 captivity, "\^'hen wild, howcxcr, they arc extremely wary birds, never 

 fooding wilhi vd one of their number sta.ti(Mied on an elevated position 

 to keei> a shari) hndv-oul for dangerous inttaulers. They usually 

 go about in lloeks of about the same size as those of the Kinguecks, 

 but unlike Ihem are slow (^1 hough strong) llyers, pi'ogressing by 

 shai'ji short s(rokes, the ])oints of Ihe wings almost meeting beneath 

 the bod\ at each stroke. In the open the brilliant yellow of Ihe 



