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malady. According to the late Mr. Sanyal 

 a former Superintendent of the Calcutta 

 Zoological gardens, newly caught birds 

 have been known to suffer from a kind of 

 horny growth on the tip of the tongue, due 

 to. he su2f2:ests, chanoje of food. The o-rowth 

 should be gently scaled away, and some 

 non-irritating bland oil applied. My own 

 experience has been that in summer 

 they are generally susceptible to fits of 

 hysterics, to which many of my specimens 

 succumbed. 



It may not be out of place to mention 

 another Chloropsis which has a name in 

 avicultural circles, I mean Chloropsis 

 hardwichii. It is a more beautiful bird, 

 and takes to the cage easily. It is as good 

 a mimic but its natural voice does not 

 come up to that of its more favoured 

 cousin. It is a bird of the hills and does 

 not seek the plains like the Harewa. 



Chloropsis aurifrons keeps a constant 



plumage throughout the year. Its general 



body colour is bright grass-green, a 



