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loosed into a cage. Since then I've taken good care to get 

 first grip. 



He toolv readily to captivity, partalvingof mealworms and 

 calvc and millv at once, and very soon took to insect food. 

 He likes the cake unbroken and nearly dry. Fiuit he did not 

 seem to care for, but he had little choice in this line. Urc^en- 

 stuft' was appreciated. I found seed untouched and dropped 

 giving it, but he would be very likely to eat it, fading other 

 food. Mealworms he places under his foot, in true Tit-style, 

 and then proceeds to masticate the worm deliberately; he 

 gets through them more quickly now than he did. He is not 

 so tame as he was; probably misses his individual attention and 

 w'ants Beaky to "bring him out." 



For show he has not points, but he should be most in- 

 terestnig to the aviculturist who could give him room to 

 himself (this I should advise, remembering that bite). Tl:e figure 

 is excellent. Rough description, head chestnut; upper parts 

 olive brown, under parts white, eyelids and mouth biue. 

 Size 7| inches, tail 3|-, bill from gape .6 inches. It is found 

 in the E. Himalayas up to 2,500 feet. 



Mr. Kinnear, of the Bombay Naiuz^al History 

 Society, was much struck with the narrow face waen viewed 

 from in front. From skins he thought the face wa? full and 

 round like a Parrot's. I mention this to show the value of 

 drawings from the live bird. "Mr. Goodchiid shows this char- 

 acteristic, and I doubt if even lie could have done so from 

 a skin and a description. 



{To he continued). 



Some Interesting Birds 



By Wesley T. Page, F.Z.S., Etc. 



Illustrated from Life by H. AVillford. 

 {Continued from page 119). 

 The Lady Amherst's Pheasant {Chnjsolophus am- 

 herstiao). A beautiful species of a gorgeously plumaged 

 group; some idea of its elegance, and also its exquisitely 

 barred and variegated plumage will be gathered from Mr, 

 A\'illford's characteristic photograph {see opposite), taken as 



