212 Edilorial. 



one oi tlic bediuuiiis, lie liacl conic down the chimney — two 

 .st(ji'ie,s - he was Ccii)tiued and I'elurned to the aviary. The 

 others enjoyed tiieir liberty and Hew from house to ^■arious 

 small wxjofls near, apparently yetting wilder and wilder, and 

 but small hopes were entertained of their recapture. Next 

 morning, however, the aviary attendant had managed to re- 

 capture one, and l)y evening all were captured excepting the 

 Yellow -collar which had been paired up Avith the Red Rosella. 

 Inrincdialely on their being back again hi the flight, the Red 

 Rosella droA^e off the Stanley and paired up with the I^arnard. 

 Meauwhiie the Yellow-collar had tlisappeared; after Ix'ing mis- 

 sing a day and a night, it was heard calling down the 

 billiard room chimney, and on a man being sent on to the 

 roof and lowering a block of wood down the chimney by a 

 string, down came the bird in a shower of soot--absolutely 

 none the worse for 30 hours in the chimney. On putting the 

 Yellow -collar back into the aviary, the Red Rosella at once 

 commenced feeding her, and the Stanley went back to the 

 Barnard — but the hapi)enings had unseLtled the iiO.-.ella and he 

 divided bis attention belween the YcRow -collar and tue liarn- 

 ards— the result was a pitched jjattle in which the Stanley 

 got badiy mauied, and the Stanley and Jiarnard's had to be 

 removed to another aviary. 



Blub Takageks {Ta?iagra episcopua). In the aviaries 

 of our esteemed member Dr. Scott, a young bird of this 

 species has been duly hatched out and is being well lofjked 

 after by its parents. 



Geey-winged Ouzels {Mcrula houlboul). In the same 

 aviaries a young bird of this species is on the wing and 

 doing well. Mr. Sutcliffe has three, and Mr. 11. J). Astley two 

 young of this species on the wing. 



PiLBATBD Finches, Etc. Three more of this hiterest- 

 ing species have been hatched out in Dr. Scott's aviaries, and 

 are being assiduously fed by their parents.* There are also 

 Scarlet Tanagers, Indigo Buntings, Cordon Bleus, (Xiban Fin- 

 ches, Silverbills, Zebra Finches, and Bronze-wuigs, etc, which 

 are either incubating or feeding young. 



Foreign Birds in Cages. We lecently had the oi)por- 

 tunity of viewing Mr. and Mrs. Miller's fhie series of birds, 



* One young- bird fending for itself July 5th. 



