Dawn Amongst the Birds. 199 



A young Parrot's digestive apparatus is more sensitive than a 

 baby's; the least carelessness or uncleanness in feeding is 

 likely to cause swift and fatal mischief. 



In a like situation I should agahi treat with castor oil 

 for the gastric or gastro-enteric trouble, with brandy and 

 heat to provide the requisite stimulation, and with an alkali 

 to neutralize the acid fermentation. I do not suggest the 

 dosage because whoever has not judgment sufficient to modify 

 that according to conditions will doubtless lose his patient 

 anyhow. 



May I say — to prevent in this case the common and 

 undue confidence in printed words — that I know very little 

 about Parrots. 



Dawn Amongst the Birds in an Egyptian Garden. 



By M.P. 



It is interesting to notice how the smaller kinds of 

 birds wake earliest, in fact the Warblers begin singing first. 

 It is now high summer, and to secure some rest I sleep in the 

 cooler air on an upstairs verandah, the quiet peace of which 

 is brought to an end at the first hint of morning light. The 

 Olivaceous Warbler {HypoLais palUda) begins with a most 

 persistent song, one wonders how the little fellow keeps his 

 breath to the finish. Then the tiny Graceful Warbler {Prinia 

 gracilis) carols in a higher key. We know about the nest, 

 in a clump of Pampas grass just below the verandah ! The 

 Rufous Warbler {Aeclon galactodes) comes hopping along, 

 fanning his tail, down by the Vine Pergola, giving forth 

 short but lovely notes. 



The Palm Doves {Turtur senegalensls) coo to each 

 other, and Sparrows chirp as the world over. 



A certain number of birds are coming in to roost, 

 Night Herons {Nyclicorax griseus) coma honie with much 

 noise of "cluck cluck," and settle down in a great Banyan 

 tree, to sleep through the hot hours of the day, already a 

 Grey Heron {Ardca cincra) has finished iisiiing in the canal 

 near by. ihc " Caravan " {Oedicneinus sencgaLensis) shrieks 



