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previously sat contentedly and without the least nervousness,

now drives them perfectly frantic with terror; so that one is

almost persuaded that the other birds in the aviary must have

been maligning one to them. Yet some species (such as the

Blue-Tit and the Siskin), remain as tame as before and fly to

their owner directly he enters the aviary. Birds bred in aviaries

are sometimes far more terrified of their owners than those

caught wild, but not invariabl)’.


I cannot do better than sum up in the words of the great

teacher with whose remarks I began this article. Speaking of

man and the higher animals he says:—“All have the same

senses, intuitions and sensations,—similar passions, affections,

and emotions, even the more complex ones, such as jealousy,

suspicion, emulation, gratitude, and magnanimity; they practice

deceit and are revengeful; they are sometimes susceptible to

ridicule, and even have a sense of humour ; they feel wonder

and curiosity; they possess the same faculties of imitation,

attention, deliberation, choice, memory, imagination, the

association of ideas, and reason, though in very different degrees.”



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The British Warbeers, by H. Beiox Howard, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U.


R. H. Porter, 7, Princes Street, Cavendish Square.


The second part of this profusely and beautifully illustrated

Work commences with a coloured plate of three immature Sedge-

Warblers ; this is followed by a full account of the Chiff-Chaff,

with a coloured plate of the adult male which we think might be

improved by brighter colouring ; a second coloured plate repre¬

sents an adult female and two immature birds ; five photogravures

represent the two sexes in various attitudes: of these the second

represents the male in flight during a condition of excitement,

the third and fourth males exhibiting attitudes during courtship

and the fifth, a female at the same period. A plate of the female

(to come between the first and second is promised in the third

part). Then follows a plate of the Yellow-browed Warbler with a

description of the plumage and the Geographical distribution

outside the British Islands, and a record of some of its occur-



