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LJjJSSEB LEMON-CRESTED COCKATOO. 
trary, against it. Let any candid reader imagine the sufferings that 
must have been endured by this poor creature, pent up in a small cage, 
n which It cannot much more than turn round, for so long a period 
cramped for want of exercise and panting for a cooling drink during 
e many hot summer days when it has been forced to eat sop to re- 
p etioii, for sake of the moisture necessary to slake its thirst. The 
pic ure IS really, too horrible for contemplation, and we trust may not 
e without effect in arousing public attention to what we cannot but 
consider a very groat abuse. 
The Lesser Lemon-crested Cockatoo is, by a majority of votes, pro- 
nounced to be an amiable and desirable subject for a lad/s pet, docile 
and intelligent, not given to bite or scream, but, generally, good- 
empered and well-disposed. So be itj we do not pretend to infalli- 
11 y, and where we have been misinformed or misled, are not above 
acknowledging our error, and apologising for it. 
We purpose, therefore, obtaining one, or a couple if we can, of these 
Cockatoos at the first favourable opportunity, and giving them a trial: 
w en we hope to have a more favourable experience to record than 
nas, so far, fallen to our lot in this connection. 
