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The Blue Crowned Conure. 
I have kept, so cannot say if the family of Coniires are known 
to be talkers, as i-egards Conuru.s hcemorrhoiis, it is a talk- 
ing species, for my bird says a number of words, and a few 
sentences very distinctly, he also whistles exceedingly well, 
imitating several distinct calls. He is very teachable, and 
bids fair to rival the Grey and Amazon. If you go in the room 
he will greet you with " hullo," quite softly, if you take no 
notice he repeats it in a louder tone, and if this gets no 
replj regularly shouts it, just like a human being, who ,is 
losing his temper. As regards his own temper at present, 
it is a little uncertain, and he will occasionally bite, but this 
I think is more nervousness than spite. He will caress your 
tinge- with his tongue, and say " kiss Polly." If he wants 
to attract your attention he will catch hold of the top of 
his cage with his beak, and hang like a dead bird in a 
poultry shop, a trick evidently acquired before I bought him. 
If any of our members get an oj)portunity of buying one of 
tliese Conures, I can recommend this bird as a most charming 
pet. I (should also be pleased to hear if any of our members 
have one now or have kept one in the past. 
The Aviaries and Birds at the Lord Mayor 
Treloar Cripples' Hospital and College, 
Alton, Hants. 
By F. W. Salt {Manager) . 
It is with much gratitude to the members of the For- 
reign Bird Club that I send a few particulars of the aviaries 
situated in the grounds of this Hospital, and which have been 
largely stocked by gifts from members. 
I give below a list of the birds given, together with 
breeding results and casualities. 
Until your Editor undertook the oversight of the 
aviaries, they fell far short of the ideal which inspired their 
erection . 
Sir William Treloar, himself a keen lover of all natural 
history, especially perhaps Foreign and British birds, was 
anxious that the children in the Hospital, many of whom 
come from the mean streets of our cities, should see in these 
aviaries some glimpse of beauty which would awaken in 
