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his (lij^lil feathers. lie has now moulted and can lly a.L^ain and 
a])i)ai"cnlly looks with Ionising at the youn.^' bud,i;eri.i;ars, wiiich 
treat him with contempt, as they arc very stron;;' and quick on 
t]ie win,^". 'Idle Canary-win.L;s are tlie sentinels of the a\iary 
and should a cat, or any such enemy, appear within si,i;ht, they 
set tip a terrible screechin.i;' (alarm i:otesj, very effecttially warn- 
ing' every inmate of the aviary. 
Peach-faced Lovebirds have done quite well, fully rearing" 
five young birds. They hatched ottt three young birds early 
in Jtuie, but these died when six days old. However, they 
built again in the same nest-ljox, using straw and grass as 
nesting" material. The first egg" was laid on July 2ist, and foui 
more were laid on alternate days. The first egg" hatched on 
August 15th; on August 27th the chicks were feathered, and 
exactly a month later the first youngster left the nest. I have 
now removed them, with their ]:)arents, to the indoor aviary. 
I supplied the i)arents with green oats when they were feeding 
young; I also gave them, every other day. a dishful of moistened 
bread (all the parrakeets are very fond of this). 
I cannot see any difference in the sexes, but have been 
told that the cock has more red above the beak. 

Through the Brazilian Wilderness. 
By Theodore Roosevelt. 
[As iK'iny of great interc.'-; Uj oLir readers we have made exU-acts 
from tli's LlVli Jxiok of the parts refcrriii>j- to die avifalin.i of this area ; with 
our thanks and apolojjies to the Author and publislicrs. — Ed. B.N.] 
CoiiiiiiitccI from page 202. 
" I'p THE River of Tapirs : At long intervals we passed 
a ranch. At one large, red-tiled, wdiitewashed house stood a 
grassy slope behind mango-trees. The wooden shutters were 
thrown back from the ungiazed window"S, and the big" rooms 
were entirely bare — not a book, not an ornament. A palm 
loaded with scores of the pendulous nests of troupials, stood 
near the door .... Hither and thither across the surface 
of the river swallows, with so much white in their plumage that, 
