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Parrakeet. I liatl two pairs of Rosellas, but this spriuf-- one of the 
cocks killed the other pair, and although the surviving hen laid 
eggs she did not hatch them. 
In the eighth : A i)air of Mynahs, a Malabar Mynah, a 
Green Barliet, a i)air of Starlings, a Rose-coloured Pastor, another 
Shama, a Mexican Solitaire (a very fine singer by the way) and 
an Indian Drongo. The last is supposed to be a very delicate 
bird, l)ut he has now been in good health for over a year. 
In the ninth : A Red-vented Parrot and a male New Guinea 
Green Kclectus. The New Guinea Eclectus is a stupid 1)ir(I, but I 
I)urchased him with the intention of procuring a mate which up 
to the present I have been unable to do. 
In the tenth : A pair of Pennants and a female Slaty-headed 
Parrakeet. I lost the male through what was apparently sunstroke. 
In conclusion let me say again that any one who is fond of 
birds will find the keeping of a private aviary such as I have des- 
cribed, a fascinating and inexpensive hobby, and that I shall be 
pleased to give any further advice I can on this subject to anyone 
desiring it. 
This article has already appeared in the " New York Zoological Society 
Bulletin " and has kindly been sent to me by its author for publication in 
'■ Bird Notes," in response to my request for notes on American aviculture 
—Ed. 
A Holiday in the West Indies, 
By a. Sutclifpb. 
On Oct. 2;5rd, IDOD, I sailed from Liverpool to New York, 
en route to Jamaica. I had intended visiting the New York Zoo, 
but owing to a rough passage, the Mauretania did not get in until 
Thursday morning, and my steamer down to Jamaica left on Sat- 
urday morning, so I was unable to see New York, as well as the 
Zoo, the latter being situated some distance from my Hotel. I 
reached Kingston on November the 4th, where I met my friend, 
who conveyed me to the Constant Spring Hotel, a beautiful Hotel 
situated at the foot of the Blue Mountains, with a pretty garden 
surrounding it ; it was now supposed to be the dry season, we how- 
ever caught the remains of a cyclone, the day after I ai-rived, and 
had a week's rain, 120 inches fell in the seven days, and the dam- 
age done to roads and property was very great. . Kingston is a 
