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Three Poeocephali. 
the charm and beauty of the various sjiecies of this genus 
so happily domiciled there. There were representatives of 
Meyer's, Jardines, Aubry's, the Senegal and the Brown -necked. 
The last, as we learn from Dr. Hopkinson, is very diflicult to 
reconcile to cage -life, although the Zoo specimen, which is 
a male, appeared to me to 'be flourishing and; contented- 
Jardine's Parrot is a beautiful creature, and according to all 
accounts a most charming pet, but in brilliance of coloration 
it must certainly yield precedence to the species called after 
Aubry, i.e., Poeocephalus aubri/i or auhrycmus. I was so 
taken with the brilliance of this bird that I felt I would 
give a long price if I ever had it offered me, but imagined 
I should have to feel satisfied if I could secure a nice speci- 
men of the commoner P. guliclmi, commonly calied Jardine's 
Parrot. But I advertised for one in vain, and was not lucky 
enough to obtain either of the two specimens that have been 
ofl'ered this summer under the heading of " Foreign Birds " 
in Cage Birds. So I closed with an olTer made me by my 
fellow -member, Mr. Frostick, of a very excellent specimen 
of the Senegal (P. senegalensis) . Like all other Senegals 
I have known or read of he is of a most friendly disposi- 
tion and 'wins the good opinion of a'il my visitors, for he is 
very tame and allows even strangers to scratch his 'head and 
carry him on their shoulders. The bright green of his upper 
parts, and the glorious golden colouring of his breast, make 
up a "tout ensemble" not by any means easy to surpass. 
He calls himself " Reggie," and, after exclaiming " Give us 
a kiss," actually proceeds to do so, thereby greatly enhancing 
his popularity with the fair sex! He eats seeds of various 
kinds— millet, sunflower, hemp, canary, and a few oats, and 
loves a piece of cake or sugar, or a monkey-nut. But he 
also has much rarer and queerer tastes than this, for every 
Ifnorning when he breakfasts with me he climbs down my 
shoulder and greatly relishes pecking at the fat of the boiled 
Ijiacon which I regularly consume. Little as I approve of 
anything in the way of meat for parrots, he so evidently 
enjoys his matutinal bacon that at present I have not had 
the heart to intercept his supply. His next move is to climb 
back on to my shoulder and make it quite clear that he means 
to have several sips of my colfee, in order to imbilje which 
