Pleasures of Aviculture. 
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vals the male displayed and went thron!j:h his interesting- 
performance for his mates' delectation, and incidentally for 
mine also. 
A pair of Malabar Mynahs were forasj:in,<^ and incessantly 
passing in and out of their nest-barrel with provender for three 
lusty youngsters. 
A family party of Black Tanagers (parents and three 
young ones) were hopping and flying about a rambler rose 
densely covering one of the aviary standards, searching for 
insects, and every now and again descending to the small oond 
for a bath or drink. 
Two family parties of Zebra Finches, the young noisily 
and incessantly calling to be fed, and what a charming picture 
they made as their parents satisfied their wants and they 
disported themselves about the ground herbage and amid the 
creepers and bushes. 
A pair of Grey-wing Ouzels and three young ones, the 
latter just beginning to look after their own grub, though still 
occasionally fed by their parents and still keeping together as a 
family party — now passing out of sight amid the tall grasses and 
weeds and then in view again probing the ground for worms 
and other insects. 
Then would come into view a pair of Yellow-wing 
Photo G. E. Lou;. 
Yellow-wing Sugar-bird. 
