250 Visits to Mpmhrrs Aviaries and Birdrooms. 
drawing water and ringing a bell; yet another was to bring 
a. particular playing card to her owner, four cards were placed 
face downwards on the table and on Ijeing asked for one 
she went and picked them up one by one, examined their 
faces, and brought the particular card asked for to Mr. 'Ezra. 
One of her most interesting tricks was threadin'^' beads (see 
photo), a number of ordinary glass beads were placed on 
the table, and a p'iece of thread with a knot at one end and 
a short blunt needle at the other was given to her, and by 
the aid of beak and tongue alone, she threaded the beads 
several times for my interest and amusement. Equally clever 
was the shooting with bow and arrow, it was most interest- 
ing to see how cleverly she pushed the arrow into position 
and fitted the end against the gut of the bow before stretch- 
ing the bow for the shot; it was quite evident she enjoyed 
the fun. Interesting was the prayer scene; the model temple 
is well figured in the photo. Polly's performance here con- 
sisted in drawing water for the idol, taking the offerings — 
coins, flowers, etc. — from the plate to the altar, then finally 
mounting to the pedestal and ringing the prayer bell as seen 
in the photo. She will retrieve anything thrown to the other 
side of the room like a dog, and is quite one of the most 
interesting birds I have seen. She is beautiful and clever, 
and is quite abnormal for a lady, for she does not utter a 
word. 
Luting Ring-neck Paeeakeet (P. torquattis var. lu- 
teiis). Many of my readers saw this bird at the Horticul- 
tural Hall last November, and it is only necessary for me to 
say that though par-tially through the moult, there was not a 
foul feather on its Iwdy, at present there is no sign of the 
neck ring. A rare and valuable possession. 
Amethyst-bumped Sunbied. (Arachnechfhra zeylon- 
ica). There were two lovely males of this exquisite species, 
which has been several" times descril>ed in our pages— one al- 
ready through the moult, the other nearly so. The one of 
Horticultural Hall and Crystal Palace fame has moulted out an 
exquisite colour, the yellow of the under parts being fully as 
deep and pure as that of a wild caught bird. Tt speaks well 
for Mr. Ezra's skill that this has been achieved. They get 
