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sound reigning in a room, which, in addition to the melodies of

many sunbirds, rings throughout the day with the wild howls of

Paradise birds, my laudable attempt has only yielded the poor results

that follow. Let us fondly hope that some other musical member

of our Society, working under more favourable conditions, may in¬

terest himself in this effort, and so far as art can imitate Nature,

crown a delicate task with a better success.


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WHISKEY JACK AND ANOTHER.


By Aubyn Trevor-Battye.


Where was it—an attractive description lately read of a bird

that was probably Perisoreus canadensis, the Canadian Jay ? This

bird is known all through the forests as Whiskey Jack. (Wiscachan

is the Indian name, which became to the settlers Whiskey John,

and so, in easy transition, Whiskey Jack).


It is a bad bird when one is tracking moose ; for then its

inquisitiveness and its warning cry may utterly defeat a long and



