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GUIDE TO GARDENS. 
by His Excellency Sir William Gregory, late Governor 
of Ceylon. 
Erom this point, as the turnings are numerous, 
the visitor had better refer to the plan for further 
guidance. 
No. 24 is the next in order, and is the largest 
Aviary in the Garden, A number of .beautiful birds 
are collected here, viz. : — 
The Golden Pheasant (Fhasianus Fictus ) . 
Bleeding-heart Doves {Calcdnas Luzonica). 
The Wonga Wonga Pigeon {Leucosarcia Ficatd), 
The Great Crowned Pigeon {Gaura Goronata)^ from 
New Guinea, and a number of smaller birds. 
A little further on, and the Song Bird Aviary 
(No. 25) is reached, filled with Canaries, Linnets, and 
Goldfinches, &c., which make melody the whole day long. 
In the winter months it is, however, occasionally necessary 
to move the birds to warmer quarters, 
No. 26. The Native Bear Tree. In which one of 
these singular animals (^Fhascolarctus Cinereus) lives for the 
greater part of the year, though occasionally he denudes 
his abode so entirely of leaves that he has to be removed 
to another tree for a time. It has hitherto been found 
impossible to take specimens of these singular and inter- 
esting animals to Europe, as they require a constant 
supply of fresh gum leaves to feed on, and even then, 
if confined in a cage, they will not live for any length 
of time. The only way of keeping them successfully is 
to put them up a gum-tree. They have a most peculiar 
cry, something between the grunting of a pig and the 
crying of a child. Of all the doleful sounds which break 
the stillness of night in the Australian bush, there is 
