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business, as previously mentioned, began. She was evidently ill,

and getting into a critical condition. I treated her as above—

ten drops of Canaradyne, daily, in half-a-wineglass of water (no

other water given), and dusted the seed over every morning with

a pinch of the powder-mixture referred to. In a couple of weeks

she was much better; she eventually moulted and is now in the

best of health, flying about in a large outdoor aviary with a

number of other birds. She looked well enough to go there the

day I bought her, but had I put her there at first, I should

probably have lost her.


It no doubt gives a little trouble to cage birds alone for

the first few weeks after their arrival, but one is well repaid for

doing so, especially if they are rare or valuable ; it prevents

losses in many instances. All the newly-imported birds I buy,

I cage alone for a few weeks, and watch their progress—Parra-

keets as well as small birds.


The powder-mixture can also be used for stomach and

bowel disorders in fowls, pheasants, and partridges—a pinch per

bird per day, mixed with the soft food in the morning. Or, if no

soft food is given, a few drops of salad-oil can be put on the

grain given at the morning meal; add the powder to that, and

well mix up. The oil makes the powder adhere to the grain,

and in eating the grain the powder is taken with it.



ZOO NOTES.


By J. Lewis Bonhote.


XI.—JULY.


July 5. Yellow-cheeked Amazon— Chrysotis autumnalis


Honduras. Parrot House.


2 Greater Black-backed Gulls— Larus marinus'


Bred in Menagerie. Gull Pond.


Herring Gull— Larus argentatus ,, ,, ,,


,, 62 Crimson-crowned Weaver Birds— Euplectes flammiceps


W. Africa. Western Aviary.


,, 92 Grey-lieaded Love Birds— Agapornis cana


Madagascar. Parrot House.


Cuckoo— Cuculus ca/iorus British Isles. Western Aviary.


,, 12 Little Bittern— Ardetta minuta


Europe. Fish House.


,, 16 Nutcracker— -Nucifraga caryocatactes


Europe. Western Aviary.


Senegal V&rrot—Pceocephalus senegalus


W. Africa. Parrot House.


,, 17 2 Larger Hill Mynahs— Gracula intermedia


India. Western Aviary.


Missel Thrush — Turdus viscivorus


British Isles.



