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bird. A careful consideration of all the facts and 

 dates involved in this case makes it pretty conclusive 

 that the Oriole was well when purchased. We are 

 then led to speculate as to whether his life and his 

 owner's money would not have been saved had the 

 Tanager, his predecessor in the cage, been properly 

 examined after its death. 



Many more interesting examples could be given, 



as occurring in Blue Robins, Avadavats, Bengalees, 



Weavers, Tanagers, Wagtails, Wrens, Wrynecks, 



various Warblers, Cardinals, different Grassfinches, 



&c., &c., — including even Raptorial birds. But space 



forbids, especially as a consideration of the disease in 



Parrots is of sufficient importance to demand a chapter 



to itself. 



(To be continued) . 



<5amc^Birt)5 at tbc Zooloaical (Bart^ens. 



^ •7«-'l 'mong the many interesting birds that are at 



V\ present to be seen at the Gardens of the 



l^~^ Zoological Society there are two groups 



which are represented in an unusual degree. 



These two groups are the Birds of Paradise on the 



one hand, and the Game-Birds on the other. 



The Game - Birds are an unusually fine series, 

 the Society having acquired several species early in 

 February. Of these there is one species new to the 

 collection, the Talisch Pheasant {Phasianus talischen- 

 sis), from the South-Western shore of the Caspian 

 Sea. This bird is of interest to British ornithologists 

 as being closely allied to the true Phasianus colchicus, 

 which was introduced into Britain many centuries 

 ago, and which, after the introduction of the Chinese 

 or Ring-necked Pheasant (/*. iorqiiatus) became known 

 as the " Old English Pheasant." 



