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BAY-HEADED PARROT, 
Psittacus badiceps, . 
Besides the Parrots , a few Foreign birds are kept here during 
the Summer months ; as, 
WHIDAH BUNTINGS. 
Vidua paradisaea, Cuv. Emberiza paradisaea, Linn. 
From His Majesty’s Collection. 
LAUGHING KINGSFISHER. 
Dacelo gigantea, Leach. 
From New Holland, where it is commonly called by the settlers the 
Laughing Jackass . — Presented by J. Goodsir, Esq. 
GREATER-BILLED BUTCHER BIRD. 
Vanga Destructor, Cuv. 
Also from New Holland, with extraordinary powers of voice. — 
Presented by — Bagster, Esq. 
MINO GRAKLE. 
Gracula religiosa, Linn. 
Presented by Lord Dover. 
DIAL BIRD. 
Pastor saularis, Temm. Gracula saularis, Linn. 
POE HONEY-EATER. 
Anthochaera eoncinnata, Fig. # Horsf. 
From New Zealand. It is sometimes called the Organ Bird.— Pre- 
sented by Walter Buchanan, Esq. 
Here also is the 
CORNISH CHOUGH. 
Presented by William Rashleigh, Esq. 
A large box is kept in this Room for the reception of Snakes 
and other Reptiles requiring a high temperature. Here are at 
present the 
TIGER BOA. 
Python Tigris, Baud. 
INDIAN AMPHISBiENA. 
Typhlops Braminus, Cuv. 
The largest species known of those to which the name of Double - 
