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condition, very tame, feeding- on insects, boiled 

 rice, kc. This specimen was mentioned as 

 having been procured from Tartary ; but the 

 habitat of the first species is usually stated 

 in our works on Natural History to be Ceylon 

 and the Himalayas, and the second the Phi- 

 lippine islands. 



Much care is required when the aviary is 

 painted, to prevent the birds being injured, 

 not alone from their pecking it, but, from get- 

 ting the paint upon their feathers, as they eat it 

 when cleaning their soiled plumage ; the aviary 

 is therefore painted as seldom as 'possible, and, 

 when done, the interior of the painted part is 

 lined with mats, until thoroughly dry. 



The gardens around the dwelling-house dis- 

 play the taste of Mr. Beale, (in spite of the fre- 

 quent destructive effects of the typhoons,) in 

 arrangement, as well as choice of rare and 

 valuable productions of the vegetable kingdom. 

 Among others may be mentioned the Laurus 

 Cassia, or China cinnamon, the leaves of which, 

 and every part of the tree, yield, on being 

 broken or rubbed, a most powerful and agreeable 

 fragrance. Here also is a beautiful species of 

 Nauclea, of the elevation of sixty or seventy 

 feet, and a circumference of two feet ; it was of 

 straight growth, covered by a profusion of beau- 



