The Ainavies and BirilH at Beyiliam Valence. 
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Stanley I'lirrakeet {PhUya'/rits icicrotis). 
KiiiK I'ai-rakt'et {A/)r(ts/iiicfiis ri/a/iopygiiis). 
I^lood-wiii^i'd I'ai-rakei't {I'siffrs crjjl lir(>2)l('n(n). 
Abyssinian Love Biril {A(/(i])ornis taranta), very T'arc, all 
lovely and interestinfj; species, and in perfect plumage. 
WhitR-CRESTED TuRACO {Tiiirtriis rorytliai.r) : This 
ex(iiiisite and unconiniou species cannot Ije jjassed with a bare 
mention. 'Phis species would api^ear distinguished in any company 
and would yrace any aviary. It is also known as the Knysna 
Plaintain Eater or Lourie — the beautiful rich green of its soft 
plumage, relieved l)y the white-tipped crest and eye streaks and 
the lovely retl of the under-wing plumage, cannot be done justice 
to in a pen and ink picture. Their principal diet in captivity is 
fruit, and at the Zoo I have seen them take mealworms and the 
soft-food mixture. They have nested thrice with Mr. Astley, but 
each time have failed to rear the young. The nest was constructed 
on a hamper lid, fixed among some branches in a secluded corner 
of the aviary, about twelve feet from the ground. We wish Mr. 
Astley a happier ending to their efforts this season. 
Mr. Astley feeds them on boiled rice, potato and carrot, 
with strawberries, cherries, grapes, banana and occasionally melon. 
From their exquisite plumage and vigorous condition (they are 
oat of doors all the year round, but there is a heated shelter 
attached to their flight), one can only deduce that it is "just 
al)out right." 
Magpie Tana<}ERS {Cissopis leveriana) .- A very fine pair 
of this species occupied one of the inner enclosures ; this pair 
nested last season and hatched out one or more chicks but faileil 
to rear them. Other species of the Tanagridce may be clad in 
more glowing colours, but most cei-tainly none have a finer appear- 
ance : fine under any conditions but especially so when they are 
on tlie wing, their long tails being then displayed to full advan- 
tage. A black and white figure of the larger species {C. major') 
appeared in Vol. vi., *' Bird Notes,'' p. 77. 
Great Bustards (Otis tarda. Linn.). A pinioned pair 
of this fine species, the female of which had been lent to Mr. 
Astley by Mr. Trevor- Batty e, roamed about at liberty in a large 
orchard ; the hen bird celebrated our advent into their enclosure 
by stretching out her wings and rushing blindly across the 
