Venezuela, a light green all over with a dark red bill. 

 Finally one should notice the Two-banded Courser 

 from S. Africa, a bird allied to the Plovers, and an 

 excellent albino specimen of the Spotted Flycatcher. 



Ifurtber BD^itions to m\> BirDs«uooin. 



B}' Mrs. E. Warren Vkrnon. 



In one of my last papers I said I had no soft bills 

 in my collection. This is now no longer the case. I 

 bought a lovely Blackcap first, he is very tame and 

 flies about the room, taking mealworms freely from 

 the hand. Am hoping he will commence singing 

 soon. Following him I was given a pair of White- 

 throats, but in such a state of raggedness. The hen 

 had no tail and the wing coverts were tattered and 

 torn. The cock has evidently had his beak bent when 

 young, and it gives him the most foolish and vacant 

 look imaginable, as he goes about with it half open. 

 It in no way stops his feeding. They are the dirtiest, 

 greediest birds I have, and am obliged to keep them 

 with cocoa fibre in the bottom of their cage, their feet 

 get in such a state. 



Then at Xmas I was offered ^^5 worth of birds ; 

 all bird lovers will feel with me and know the delight 

 of going to the docks to choose birds. I went to 

 Hamlyn and found some nice birds. First I got an 

 Indian Hill-Mynah (Lesser), a pair of lovely Liothrices. 

 I have never seen such a lovely cock bird as this one 

 was, and he sings like a Thrush. He is much larger 

 and darker and has deep rich browny-gold feathers 

 under his beak. I heard him sing in the shop and 

 bought him at once, as once heard you can't forget 



