Pleasures of Atj culture. 
Su^arliirds, these wee bejewelled creatures of indescribable 
beauty: now hoveriny in front of a flower and tlien winging' 
themselves round the aviary, chasing' and capturing" midges, 
small flies, etc.. or searching the foliage for blight — words fail 
one to describe either the beauty of their plumage, graceful 
contour, flight, or demeanour as they nestled on some twig amid 
the foliage, preening; each others' plumage and saying sweet 
things to each other. 
Equally charming were a pair of Indian White-eyes 
about the size of Jenny Wren, clad in yellow, grey and olive, 
with a narrow ring of pure white feathers round each eye. which 
have earned them their name of White-eyes, and also that of 
P/into E. 0. Page. 
Nest (if fudiaii White-eye. 
.Spectacle birds. They have much of the habits of the Common 
and (lold-crested Wrens, and spend the live-long day amid the 
foliage or in the air. foraging for their small insect prey, not 
despising a large mealworm, or big, fat, juicy grub when such 
came their way. 
