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on whatever side the object of attack or court- 

 ship may be, the hood is so hrougUt as to hide 

 all hai ibe ^arp^ ht^hi iThe altiMUd 



this, as well as of otliers of the pheasant tribe, 

 are invarial jIv f^raceful, whetlier iijinn the giround, 

 or perched upon the In-aiiches of a tree. 



Th^ rilver, or pencilled plieasants, the Pah, 

 haaa of tke Gfctlneife, were in fine ^mmge t and 

 among many other attractions in the collection, 

 was the Wow, wow, or blue ]:iiG;eoTi, of New Soiitli 

 Wales, which has bred in the aviary. Tlie pre- 

 sent, full-grown and fine specimens of tliat bird, 

 Mt^ Bede t<»Id were the young of a pair 

 originally hroug-ht from Anstralia. They ware 

 "bom and reared in the aviary, and the parents 

 died a short time since. Tlicre were also several 

 of tlie stabbed-breast pigeons, {Colmnba cru€7ita,) 

 a^m Msmilte, whi»se imm^ mh^l^b^ this 

 appeaxnitee of haying re^flred a wound ; the 

 feathers, for a short distance, seeming to be 

 smeared witli tlie blood which flowed from it. 

 Wliat could have caused this very extraordinary 



they are of a diminutive size, and their flight and 

 lioppinfT motion, wlien jnmpino- ov fiitting from 

 bvancli to branch, reminded one of the nnsct- 

 tW dispositio!4 oC wjtbwa in most epuntiies. 



