attractetl by strangors, unless they oxcito her alt- 

 ffwntivencM hy displaying some food. Her appear- 

 ance i8 veivf In^Jetotair-^ihe Maek f hpiognomy 

 p'ledllg' throng! 1 the hii^c. white niano, when she 

 is seen peeping from her keniK 1 in tlic tree, ex- 

 ercising her secrctivcncss by pretending, when 

 called, not to nottee or understand, while, in 



son wlio may be addressing her. But, h-t soukl' 

 fruit be disphivcd™ rapid as tlioiiglit she slides 

 down the bamboo, and is ch)se to the object of 

 attraction. Do not imagine, stranger, that you 

 ar© the dliff €K5f of at|j?gK5^iR — m in tBe plcjaitude 

 of your vanity yott miglit ; — no, she is laying 

 a devoted attention to yonr ilonations of oraiig(^s 

 or plantaitis, wbieli liaving attaiued, slie will soon 

 forsake your society to enjoy the proceeds of her 



from your reach. 



One morning, when I was visiting Mr. Beale, 

 a bird liad been just received, whieh was pur- 

 chased in Canton from a Mantchow Tartar : 

 it wa^^JP^i^i and supposerl to be fte Pf im- 

 of Gould, figured in his SJjfe&dtd illus- 

 trations of th(^ birds of the Himalaya mountains ; 

 but, from the red abdomen and vent, it appeared 

 to accord more with tiie species culled 



erj/thro(j/as^ of T^sifflniiftfek i it m& in eseti^lent 



