208 Visits to Memhers' Aviaries and Birdrooms. 
ter, Bird appeared in "B.N." Vol. I.. N.S. opposite p. 162). 
The Trumpeter Birds, of which six species are known, make moat 
interesting pets and all the individuals I have come across 
have been very tame, not even resenting* "being picked up, and 
more than one was accustomed to follow its owner into the 
house. They inhabited tropical South America, yet are quite 
hardy and only need a shelter to which they can retire at 
will. Mr. Pateroon's bird is evidently Psophia crepitans and 
is also known as the Agami. 
Its plumage is velvety black 
with a brownish patch cross- 
ing the wings, and back ; the 
lower fore neck is adorned 
with a golden -green or vio- 
let-purple sheen, according 
to light refraction. I made 
a rough pencil skietch, on the 
spot of the bird, and have 
endeavoured to indicate one 
of its principal poses, as well 
as the character of its plu- 
mage, so far as this 'is pos- 
sible in a mere sketch, in 
the accompanying figure. 
The natural food consists of fruit, corn, and insects. 
They are to be found in large flocks, in the moist forests of 
British Guiana and the Amazon Valley. The bird runs with 
exceeding swiftness, frequently with partially expanded wings, 
the latter feature I oliserved on several occasions during my 
staj' at Hollington Vicarage. 
Thp; Wildkrne s Aviakies: Again a series of three 
enclosures, the first of which fully maintains its name and 
character being a tangle of wild growth, but the other two, 
being occupied largely by Budgerigars, Lovebirds, and Cocka- 
teels, do not, the wi'.d growth having all disappeared. 
The first of these is a very pleasing arrangement, 
the creepers (rambler roses, hops, wild clematis, etc.) being 
planted both inside and outside the wire netting shell of 
flight, these hang down in long tendrils through the netting, 
