GUIDE TO GARDENS. 
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summer they construct small bowers of light twigs, 
about two feet in length, and amuse themselves all 
day in altering the position of the twigs and running 
through their bower, chasing each other and bowing 
in the most grotesque manner. The adult males are 
a glossy purple black, and the young males and females 
green; but in the male birds the mottled appearance 
produced by the gradual change of plumage and the 
intervention of a black feather here and there before 
the full glossy covering is reached is striking and 
peculiar. The eye is most beautiful, being of a deep 
brilliant blue. In the second division of this building 
are some Turtle Doves (JDurtur Aurihts)^ which flew on 
board the good ship Shannon^ Capt. Stackpool, on a 
recent voyage to this Port, when off the coast of 
Portugal. In a third division are a pair of Bleeding 
Heart Doves {Caloenas Luzonicd), Again turning down 
the Grrevillia walk to the left, the visitor passes a 
paddock (No. 5), devoted to Zebus (or Brahmin Cattle); 
and also the Kangaroo paddock, tenanted by speci- 
mens of the Great Kangaroo {Macropus Giganteus ) ; 
the handsome red Kangaroo (Jf. 'Rufus) of Eiverina, 
and Bennett’s Kangaroo {Halmaturus Bennetti) from 
Tasmania. 
Turning to the left at this point along the main 
walk, the visitor reaches the Cockatoos’ Aviary (No. 7), 
which is filled with those showy, but noisy birds. There 
are the White Cockatoo {Cacatua Galeritd), the Corella 
{Licmetis Tenuirostris)^ Leadbeater’s Cockatoo {Cacatua 
Leadbeaterii), the Eose Cockatoo {Plyctolophus jEJos), 
and the White Cockatoo of the Solomon Islands {Cacatua 
Ophthalmica). In a separate division are some brilliantly- 
plumaged Macaws. The Eed and Blue {Ara Araganza), 
and the Blue and Yellow {A, Ararauna), from Brazil, 
