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1 White-collared Kingfisher —Halcyon chloris


India.


1 Ring-necked Pheasant— Phasianus to rquatus


China.


1 Roseate Cockatoo— Cacatua ?-oseicapilla


Australia.


3 Pheasants— Phasianus colchicus


British Isles.


1 Common Peafowl— Pavo cristatus


India.


1 Military Macaw— Ara militaris


South America.


1 Long-legged Buzzard— Buteo ferox


Africa.


2 American Kestrels— Tinnunculus sparverius


America.


2 Lesser Kestrels— Tinnunculus cenchris


South Europe.


1 Black Kite— Milvus migrans


Africa.


X Javan Mynah— Graculajavanensis


Malacca.


1 Indian Crow— Corvus splendens


India.


1 Rose-coloured Pastor— Pastor roseus


British Isles.


1 Nonpareil Finch— Cyanospiza ciris


North America.



Western Aviary.

Pheasantries.

Parrot House.

Pheasantries.


Parrot House.

Kites’ Aviary.

North. Aviary.


Kites’ Aviary.

Western Aviary.

Crows’ Cages.

Western Aviary.



I Indigo Bird— Cyanospiza cyanea ,, ,,


I Occipital Blue Pie— Urocissa occipitalis


Western Himalayas. ,,


1 Raven— Corvus corax British Isles. Crows’ Cages.


I Yellow-fronted Amazon— Chrysotis ochrocephala


Guiana. Parrot House.



1 Germain’s Peacock Pheasant— Polyplectron germaini


Cochin China. Pheasantry.


1 Rook —Corvus frugilegus British Isles. Crows’ Cages.


2 White Ibises— Eudocimus albus


Born in Menagerie. Great Aviary.



This time of year is about the worst in which to see birds

in anything approaching good trim : they are for the most part in

moult, and those that have not moulted are in very worn and

dirty looking plumage, while even those for whom the annual

event is now past lack the characteristic brilliancy and ‘ go ’

which was everywhere visible a few months back. I was,



