The Gold-frotited Green {liulJnd) F ruitnuclcer . 
made mueli i)rogi'('ss, l)ul tlicir wirii^s had gi-ow(i considerably, 
and their tails wej'o (luile lialf an iucli long. At a fortnight 
old, feathers had eonimeneed lo apjiear on the nianlle, and ])v,n 
featluu's were visibh; on tiie sides of thidr breasts. They now 
coinnienced lo pick up a, little food for themselves, but wci'o 
prineijially fed by tlui hen. 
On September 1st, at three weeks old, they could lly 
aboui fieely, their backs and l)rea>ts wei'e fully feathered and 
their tails wei'e (juite three inches long. At the end of the 
fourth week two narrow naked stripes began to appear on their 
throats, and their croAvns had commenced to feather, but it 
was not until the end of the seventh week that all traces of the 
immature plumage had disap[>eared. They were still fed and 
brocded by the hen occasionally, but were practically iude- 
penderit of her. 
It was quite three months before the young birds at- 
tained the full size of their parents. They are now thriving 
splendidly, but are inclined to be rather wild, and will probably 
never be as tame as their parents. 
♦ 
The Gold-fronted Green (Bulbul) Fruitsucker. 
{Chloropsis aiif/froiiti) . 
By B. Theo. Stewart. 
One bleak November day I received the following note: 
" I am sending you a Green Flycatcher, but as the 
weather is so unfavourable I rely on your meeting it i^ersonally 
— shall put it in charge of Guard." 
Now commands or wishes are abhorrent to my soul, to 
say nothing of the fact that I had other engagements, but what 
could an artistic bird-lover like myself do but obey? 
And in such wise did I become possessed of the bird 
that my soul still loveth. 
Out from his little travelling box he fluttered — from the 
nest of cotton wool that wrapped him round — straight on to 
my finger, straight into my heart. Just a ball of soft feathers 
he lay in my hand; warm, delicious to the touch. 
Hue of emerald; crown of gold, and wlien he spread 
his pretty wingts I caught a glimpse of turquoise -blue— bine as 
a woman's eyes should be I 
