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GUIDE TO GARDENS. 
a very pleasing effect. The right hand, or opposite 
side of the walk, is also gay with flowers and hand- 
some shrubs. From this point several paths again di- 
verge. For the present we will leave the main walk, 
and turn to the left along an avenue of young Gre- 
villia trees. On the left hand is a paddock containing 
deer, the progenitors of which were sent some years ago 
to the Society by Sir Henry Barkly, from the Mauritius. 
It may be here mentioned that our late respected 
G-overnor has always been a warm friend to, and has 
taken a deep interest in, the Society, and that when 
here he was an active member of its council. 
On the right hand side of this walk is the Kan- 
garoo paddock, tenanted by specimens of the Great 
Kangaroo (Macropus Major) ; the handsome red Kan- 
garoo (M. Bufus) of Eiverina, and Bennett's Kangaroo 
(Halmaturus Bennetti) from Tasmania. 
At the termination of the Grevillia walk, on the 
left hand, we come to Aviary No. 2. Here we have 
a couple of those splendid birds the Great Crowned 
Pigeon (Goura Coronata) of New Guinea, recently pre- 
sented to the Society by James McLachlan, Esq., late 
of Java, but now of Cheltenham, England. In the 
other division of this Aviary are some beautiful Gol- 
den Pheasants (Phasianus Pictus), a present from 
Charles Lyall Grant, Esq., of Shanghai, another staunch 
friend of the Society ; also some pretty White Doves. 
Turning to the right at this point, and passing 
a private gate (which leads to the residence of the 
Hon. Secretary) in a few steps we reach Aviary No. 
3, one division of which contains a number of Satin 
Bower Birds (Ptilonorlynchus holosericeus) . These birds 
are very interesting and amusing. In the spring and 
