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vireo had hung her basket to the horizontal fork of 
a small swaying branch. It was still fresh, and in 
such good condition as to convince me that it had 
just been completed by the little basket-maker, 
which had not yet deposited her dainty eggs in the 
cup. No other bird on the mountain sang as much 
as this vireo, with the sharp red eyes and golden 
breast. On the whole, I doubt not that Mount 
Royal would be an almost ideal place for bird study, 
if one could spend the month of June on its wooded 
summit, slopes, and acclivities. 
The next visit to be described was made to the 
somewhat celebrated Zoological Garden at Cincin- 
nati, Ohio, which contains a really magnificent collec- 
tion of animals and birds. However, a description 
of the latter must suffice, although the animals inter- 
ested me almost as deeply. There are many cages 
and aviaries containing rare species of feathered 
folk, the only difficulty being that they are not so 
thoroughly labelled as they might be for the con- 
venience of visitors, many of whom are sufficiently 
interested to want to know at least the common 
names of the birds. All curators and superin- 
tendents of such institutions should recognize the 
importance of complete and systematic labelling of 
the specimens in their care. 
The first aviary at which I stopped consisted of 
a collection of bright-hued and sweet-toned birds, 
most of them foreigners. Here one could revel 
in variety; for there were crimson-eared waxbills 
from West Africa, black-headed finches from India, 
