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not believe him, for lie looks the picture of health, and is beloved

of all the fair !


When I say that the lovely grounds of Monk Fryston are

always open free to the public, I think I have said enough to make

many determined where to spend their next Bank Holiday. Mr.

Hemsworth is the essence of good nature, and he is never so

happy as when, like Cook, he is “ personally conducting ”

a party round his place. Sometimes he says to me quite

wistfully, “ Do you think anyone has a better collection of birds

than mine?” And I feel I am speaking only the truth when I

say “ No.”


Mr. Hemsworth, in addition to his “small collection” of

birds, has a capital lot of poultry ; millions of rabbits, at any

rate a good lot; pigeons galore; a pet monkey, a beast to be

avoided ; Persian cats ; and one of the best collections of water-

fowl I ever saw.


To anyone who is anxious as to “ whereto spend a happy

day,” I would reply, “Go to Monk Fryston, and you will not be

disappointed.”



NOTES ON DOVES.


By Rosie At.derson.


PART II.


(Continued from Vol. VIII., p. 223).


I will now give a short note on each kind of Dove or

Pigeon I have kept. It must be remembered that the price of a

bird varies very much, according to the year or season. The

prices I am about to quote are what I paid for my own

specimens, and may at an}' rate give some idea of the value.


THE TRIANGUEAR-SPOTTED PIGEON.


Columba g 7 iinea.


Some years ago I had an offer from a dealer, of a “ Fruit

Pigeon” for ten shillings. It turned out to be a Triangular-

spotted Pigeon. The bird was a hen, so I wrote to the Zoo to

see if they could supply me with a cock, as I knew that this



