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"fields, thoiii^h unlike tli;it bird, ]>erc]ics on shrubs and low branches of trees 
" it is unijfainly on a pcrc-h and often, at least when in a cage, tuin- 
"blesoff. At certain seasons whole Hocks c()n<;i-eyate together .... It 
" has a curious habit of i'isin<i; in the air and tiien, lialf closing its wings 
" sliootiiig down like an arrow as it utters its weird cry.'' 
Diet in Ciiitivity : Seeds, (Canary, millet, oat.s, heini), 
rape, -wlical, sunllower), fruit and inse(;ts. 
C.VDURi oi; Common Haxgne8T {Icterus rJiri/sorcpJi- 
aJiis). Han^jncsts are well known to English avieultiire, and 
their l)eauty, intelligence, and fearless demeanour, make them 
favourites as cage pets, but their murderous pugnacity toother 
liii'ds unfit them foi- the aviary, save perhaps with certain 
PanakcM'ts (they may work mischief even there); their song 
also is pleasing, full and mellow, therefore Mr. Dawson's ex- 
perience is interesting ami shows that there may be one or 
more species of Icterus not so murderous as some of their 
fellows, in a cage at any rate — more probably the exception 
that pi-oves the rule. 
" The Caduri will become vei'V tame going about the house and mak- 
" ing itself generally friendly and mischievous. In an aviary it is inclined 
" to be too interfering with others from sheer inquisitiveness and notmal- 
'iciouslj', let us hope. When my young Olive-green Tanager (Nk 
"was put into the cage, it would open its mouth to my Caduri to be fed; 
" but the latter merely looked into it like a dentist and gave an occasional 
" {leck. Later on I found these birds actually feeding each other. The 
Caduri would bring Tom Pitcher (Oil rfi-i/reen S(il/<it<ir) a morse 1 of food 
" and then aj)parentl3' relent its generosity and take it back agai.i, but then 
" Tom Pitcher cried so piteously that he gave it back again and so the game 
" went on." 
The marvel to me is, knowing the genus, fai.Iy well 
as a whole, that the Caduri did not brain the Saltator. 
KiSK.\DKK {Pifangus sul phurafus) : Known in tlii^ coun- 
try as the Sulphury Tyrant; it has been exhibited at the Lon- 
don Zoo and has been in the hands of private aviculturists 
also. It is an interesting bird, tame, confiding, and chummy 
with its owners, but as it has a bill between that of a King- 
fisher and a Barbet, care must be taken as to what it is 
associated Avith; this aj^plies to all the true Tyrants. 
" It is a bold yellow and brown bird with a large head and bill like a 
" Kiiigfisher or Barbet ... It is a sturdy pugnacious bird with a large head 
"and measuring seven or eight inches from tip to tip of beak and tail . . . 
" On the whole it is a handsome bird, but its manners are plebian 
"It is the sparrow of Demerara, and like the sparrow it has taken possesion 
