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Obituary



O.P.S., lias been taken seriously ill. The Acting Secretary is Mr. J.

Lambert: a permanent secretary will be appointed at the next general

meeting of the O.P.S.


E. E. C.



THE HON. MRS. HENRY BROUGHTON

AN APPRECIATION

By N. Wharton-Tigar


This Society and, indeed, all bird lovers have sustained a great

loss in the death on Coronation Day of the Hon. Mrs. Henry Broughton.


She was formerly a member of the Council and was most anxious

to do all she could to encourage and help towards the keeping of birds

under ideal conditions.


Very young in years, a great lover of Nature and all things beautiful,

she was richly endowed with great beauty, and charm, as well as

character and brains. She showed genius in her handling of birds ;

I can picture her now, a lovely figure sitting on a tree stump, in her

large tropical glass aviary, surrounded by wonderful birds, calling

each in turn. First a King Bird of Paradise would perch on her hand,

followed by a Niltava, a tame Shama, various Sunbirds, then an

exquisite Princess Stephanie Bird of Paradise with streamers flying

and characteristic rustle would hop close to her head asking to be

remembered. All were quite at home under her magic. The Society

tender their deepest sympathy to her sorrowing husband, her relatives,

and to her many friends. She leaves a little son, too young to under¬

stand his great loss.



CORRESPONDENCE, NOTES, ETC.


Madam, — I notice that Mrs. Wharton-Tigar describes the Musky Lorikeet

as “ extremely delicate and hard to keep ”. I did not have any trouble

with two birds of this species I kept for a considerable time in a movable

aviary, feeding them on the usual Lorikeet diet, Dr. Allinson’s Food, and fruit,

I eventually parted with them, as they were both males and I could not

secure a female.


An Australian aviculturalist, I believe, has bred the species fairly freely.


Tavistock.



