All rights rese>ved.'\ [SEPTEMBER, 1907. 



BIRD NOTES: 



THE JOURNAL OF 



THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. 



Ccereba cya?iea. 

 By Mrs. K. LESiylE Mll,l,ER. 



Our Editor has asked me to write a few words 

 about my Yellow-winged Sugar Bird to accompany 

 its portrait. 



At the end of October last year I received a letter 

 asking if it would interest me to see a Purple Sugar 

 Bird, and I accordingly went and saw a little dingy 

 green bird with the brightest legs and feet imaginable. 

 The brightness of eye and the merest sign of a 

 turquoise feather or two on his crown, helped me to a 

 decision I have never regretted, and " Sai " became a 

 member of the family. 



This bird is one of the brightest and most know- 

 ing of my large pets, and he has never ailed anything. 

 All through the long dreary winter has this dainty 

 sprite taken his morning tub and sung his queer 

 little song to the accompaniment of the scraping of 

 trays and perches while the other birds were being 

 cleaned up for the day. "Sai" takes the greatest 

 interest in what the other birds are having for their 

 breakfast, and if his cage is put on one side where he 

 cannot see them, he keeps calling and craning his 

 neck to peep until we satisfy his curiosity. 



His food consists of honey and fruit principally, 



