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have tried. I have a standing offer of forty guineas for two of

my birds, but I am so attached to them that I could not part with

one. They seem to be part of the family, and are as tame and

playful as kittens, coming readily to my call, and being always

ready to play with the children. . . . My photos, will follow


in a week or so.”



THE KAGU.



(From Mivart’s Elements of Ornithology).



However the promised photographs have never arrived,

but an account of the Kagus, written by Mr. A. J. Campbell, has,

as before mentioned, appeared in the April number of the Emu.

The Kagu appears to be perfectly hardy and to thrive in cap¬

tivity, its food consisting of finely cut beefsteak which must be

perfectly fresh. Large centipedes, five inches in length, are

freely eaten, the squirming creature being passed “ by a nibbling



