BROWSINGS IN OTHER FIELDS. 23 1 



vireo had hung her basket to the horizontal fork of 

 a small swaying branch. It was still fresh, and in 

 such good condition as to convince me that it had 

 just been completed by the little basket-maker, 

 which had not yet deposited her dainty eggs in the 

 cup. No other bird on the mountain sang as much 

 as this vireo, with the sharp red eyes and golden 

 breast. On the whole, I doubt not that Mount 

 Royal would be an almost ideal place for bird study, 

 if one could spend the month of June on its wooded 

 summit, slopes, and acclivities. 



The next visit to be described was made to the 

 somewhat celebrated Zoological Garden at Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio, which contains a really magnificent collec- 

 tion of animals and birds. However, a description 

 of the latter must suffice, although the animals inter- 

 ested me almost as deeply. There are many cages 

 and aviaries containing rare species of feathered 

 folk, the only difficulty being that they are not so 

 thoroughly labelled as they might be for the con- 

 venience of visitors, many of whom are sufficiently 

 interested to want to know at least the common 

 names of the birds. All curators and superin- 

 tendents of such institutions should recognize the 

 importance of complete and systematic labelling of 

 the specimens in their care. 



The first aviary at which I stopped consisted of 

 a collection of bright-hued and sweet-toned birds, 

 most of them foreigners. Here one could revel 

 in variety ; for there wrere crimson-eared waxbills 

 from West Africa, black-headed finches from India, 



