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'' hiifi from I'ar iiml wide. Among his bi'st frioiul.s was Sir Harry 
' Rawsoii, who never passed that way without slopping for a word 
" witli Paddy. The old ehap is very chatty when so inclined. Ho 
■' hops about , fliij)s his glossy pinions, and shouts ' One more feather 
"and 1(1 hy .' And he looks down frona his piTches and queries 
■' ' AVill 1 ehance it, boys ' ? He chaneed it yesterday, when vvc photo- 
" graphed him, but found he had forgotten how to flj-, and tuined a 
"couple of somersaults bt-l'orc colliding with the earth. Just as wril 
"for Paddy the perch was not at the top of a tnee. Alas! the bird 
"must have fallen into evil company at some time of his career. 
" He has been known to use unparliamentary language, and only Ihs 
" other day, when he said to his owner ' Good morning ' and got no 
" reply, he observed in raucous tones ' Why the devil don't you say 
"good morning' ? No wonder Mrs. Bennett loves him. She says 
"she has been offered £1,000 for him and refused.' 
"Nevertheless, Paddy is kind-hearted. Only give him a green 
"pea and he will do anything for you May Paddy 
"Bennett live to be a thousand." 
[There are several records of members of the Parrot-tribe 
passing the century in this country, and more still of birds 80 and over. 
Quite a large photo-reproduction accompanied the above nofc;s, de[iicting 
a decrepit old bird standing on the top of its cage quite destitute of 
clothing, save for perhaps a dozen disreputable feathers and a few stumps 
The grain of the illustration was very coarse and the paper too marked 
with fold creases to reproduce it here. We have deleted part of the 
last paragraph as having only local interest. — Ed. 'B.N."]. 
THE SEASON, 1914. 
Sir, — In reply to your request for season's doings, I am very 
glad to give a few notes of my experiences. 
They began by my finding hen birds, for my unmated cocks, very 
dithcult to get, but at last my needs were met. 
During the season my pair of Zebra Finches hatched out three 
small broods, the first on August 3rd consisted of five, the second three 
and the last two ; all of which were reared . 
My pair of Cutthroats produced a brood of three, all of which 
were hens . 
A pair of Silverbills had two broods of three, of these two were 
lost owing to a Hawk frightening them to death while they were in the 
outer flight . 
A pair of Canaries reared quit* a few- j'oung one and of these 
I kept three. About a month ago all five (young and parents) escaped, 
one Sunday morning while they were being fed — all that day and part 
of Monday they were in the fields and woods, flying about and singing 
cheerily. On Monday 1 was luckj' enough to entice them all back, and 
they are now busy with nesting operations. 
I have always felt my birds had not sufficient freedom, bo for 
