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the song. Then amongst a lot of Whydahs I saw one 

 black one with a red collar. He had no tail, but now 

 he is lovely. His tail is eight inches and still 

 growing and his wings are turning their light-colour. 

 He is a beautiful specimen of the Peiiihetria arde7is or 

 Red-collared Whydah. I could not obtain a hen. 



I found a lovely pair of Cape Waxbills, they have 

 joined the others in the big cage and are lively little 

 things. A pair of Pin-tailed Nonpareils and a pair of 

 Pin-tailed Whydahs finished my bu}^ at the Docks. 



I had seen a pair of Golden Orioles that had been 

 in England since last March, and I went to see if one 

 was still to be got. It was in a shocking state of 

 plumage, having been kept in a wire netting cage and 

 was very wild, but quite healthy, so I bought him. 

 He is now growing a tail and I have removed his 

 broken wing feathers, much to his disgust. He is 

 quite tame and lets me catch him easily. I put him 

 into a wooden Thrush cage and he loves the seclusion. 

 Feeds greedily on banana and pear and mealworms 

 from the hand ; I hope he will turn out a lovely bird 

 soon. If any of our members have ever kept one of 

 this species, I should be so glad if they could tell me 

 something of it. I have not heard of anyone at 

 present. 



Then I got my great treasure, a pair of Golden- 

 crested Wrens. They are perfect dears. I gave them 

 a cage with cork hung up at the back and a tree to 

 perch on. They are never still and are very greedy. 

 I was grieved to find one dead, and her /!>^^/-?;/(?;7£';;i 

 showed that gluttony had been her undoing. I never 

 dared let them out, as they hid in the curtains and 

 were so fragile and tiny I feared to catch them in my 



