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perches with outspread wings. Towards sundown they simply 
go mad with joy, and eat their evening meal ravenously. They 
are now always left on deck overnight. The boxes are all 
double-fronted, one inch space between each wire front, for 
protection amongst rats. During the Mediterranean passage 
they pick up wonderfully, and by the time they reach Home — 
should the weather from Gibraltar to the Channel be fairly 
mild — are in grand condition. Sometimes boisterous weather 
is met with from the Portuguese coast to the Thames, when a 
repetition of the Australian Bight difficulties occurs, but on a 
modified scale, as there is more space on the ship, consequently 
more light and air, and, to the happy survivors, more cage space. 
As to food and general treatment during the voyage, Gouldians, 
Banded (Bicheno's), Crimson, &c., Finches have canary seed 
and Indian millet in separate boxes, spray millet (millet 
in the ear) and cuttle-fish, with sea sand and finely ground 
shell on cage bottom, fresh daily, and thoroughly cleaned out 
every third or fourth day ; outside bath hung on cage daily. 
With this treatment it is found they do exceptionally well, and 
always arrive home clean and in good condition. Parrakeets 
have the usual mixture of canary, hemp, millet (white), oats, 
and crushed maize, according to variety ; Lorikeets, always 
boiled bread and milk (Nestle's condensed) first thing daily, 
which generally lasts them two to three hours ; canary seed 
remainder of day. On this diet the Blue-bellied (Swainson's) 
and the Scaly-breasted do very well, but the Musky Lorikeet 
and some others will never touch the seed, so they get fruit — 
bananas or ripe pears — instead, when procurable. A pan of 
stewed apples, well sweetened, or stewed figs is often relished as 
a change. For insectivorous birds there is no hard and fast 
rule — their treatment is so variable ; but I shall have a few 
words to say on their treatment at end of this article. One 
takes a particular delight in getting birds into, and landing them 
in, faultless condition when possible, and I have succeeded in 
carrying most delicate and rare stock. Very few die soon after 
importation. I may here mention a few of the insectivorous 
birds carried successfully to the Old Country, viz. : — Oriole, Fig 
Bird, Magpie Lark, Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike, Brown Fly- 
catcher, Blue Wren, Black and White Fan-tail, Satin Bird, Cat 
Bird, Regent Bird, Spotted Ground Bird, Coachwhip Bird, Bell 
Bird, Yellow-breasted Shrike-Robin, Rufous-breasted Thick- 
head, Brown Tree-creeper, Zosterops or White-eye ; of Honey- 
eaters — the Striped, Warty-faced, Fuscous, Yellow-eared 
(Lewin's), Yellow-tufted, and Blue-faced {Entornyza), Friar Bird, 
Noisy Miner, or Soldier Bird ; of the Wood Swallows — 
the Dusky, Masked, and White-eyebrowed ; Nightjar, Sacred 
Kingfisher, Pallid Cuckoo, Painted Quail, Pectoral Rail, Stone 
Plover, Brush Turkey, and last, but not least, the Lyre Bird 
(single specimen, a hen). 
