i i! : iii- i FOR THE PEOPLE FOR EDVCATION FOR SCIENCE LIBRARY OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY THE AVICULTURAL : MAGAZINE : BEING THE JOURNAL OF THE AVICULTURAL SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF FOREIGN AND BRITISH BIRDS IN FREEDOM ^ LA O <2» AND CAPTIVITY. EDITED BY HUBERT D. ASTLEY, M.A., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. THIRD SERIES. VOL VIII. NOV. 1916 to OCT. 1917. ADLARD & SON & WEST NEWMAN, LTD., Bartholomew Close, London, E.C. - 1917. Telephone : CITY 956. ' \-i.i Ai35 -17eo3 Contents. CONTENTS. Title Page Contents Alphabetical List of Contributors List of Plates List of Members, 1916 Rules of the Avicultural Society The Society’s Medal Index ... PAGE i iii v xi 3 16 20 355 Alphabetical List of Contributors. v. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. The Asterisk denotes in the Correspondence Column. A. Alderson, Miss R. Red-shining and Tabuan Parrakeets, 14S Robins, and some others, 159 Report of Council Meeting, 181 *Tameness of Tits, 211 On Taming Parrots, 243 Amsler, Maurice M. B. An Avicultural Medley, 217 An Old Australian Bird-Lover, My Moreporks, 1(54 Is the Bird Known ?, 207 Astley, Hubert D., M.A., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. [Editor). Jays, 21 Prohibition of Importation of Birds, 42, 64 Birds in the London Parks, 45 An Ancient Cockatoo, 56 Notes, 65, 156 An Outdoor Aviary in the Reign of Louis XVI, 62 *Parrot Suffering from Cramp, 68 Reviews — ‘ A Bibliography of British Ornithology,’ 93 ‘ British Birds,’ 94 Obituaries — Commander the Hon. R. O. B. Bridgeman, 127 Albert Edward Jamrach, 128 Major G. A. Perreau, 208 James Howard Symonds, 287 Change of Colour in Blue Wren as affected by Seasons, 150 Australian Finches and Birds of Other Lays, 167 The Long-tailed Titmouse and others, 175 Another Appeal for Articles, 184 The Display of the Blue Wren, 206 The Red-breasted Goose, 213 Queensland Grows Canary Seed, 238 VI. Alphabetical List of Contributors. Food for Nestling Chaffinch, 2(13 An Elopement, 278 Upland Geese Dying Off, 291 My Egrets, 323 Editorial, 353 B. Bailey, Florence Merkiam. Dick, the Sandhill Crane (from ‘ Bird-Lore’), 284 Baily, W. Shore. Whydahs, 129 ‘Capacity in Nest-construction, 209 ‘Upland Geese Dying Off, 291 Barnard, Charles. Bird Life as Affected by Drought (from ‘ The Emu ’), 309 Bedford, The Duchess of. Tameness of Captured Wild Birds, 149 Blaauw, F. E. ‘Breeding Results for 1916, 67 Some Notes on the Black-faced Ibis, 146 Winter in Holland, 174 Blagg, E. W. H. A Blue-grey Variety of the Rook, 178 Bright, Herbert. Nesting of the Red headed Bullfinch, 203 Brook, E. J. Breeding of the Yellow-breasted Grosbeak, Nanday Connies, and Guttural Finch, 28 ‘Breeding of Yellow-rumped Tanagers, 262, 321 ‘Rice as Food for Birds, 263 Butler, A. G., Ph.D., F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.E.S., M.B.O.U. Our British Swallows, 81 Are Birds Easily Deceived ?, 107 Capacity in Nest-construction, 171, 209 The Poor Wild Birds, 17!) The Golden-crested Wren, 214 ‘Death of Old Friends, 288 ‘Food for Young Cuckoos, 292 Two Rare Tanagers, 293 'Sexes of Red-collared Lorikeet, 353 Alphabetical List of Contributors. vn. C. Campbell, A. C. Drelincourt. Cordon Bleu x St. Helena Waxbill Hybrids, 304 Cecil, The Lady William (Baroness Amherst of Hackney). Notes on a few American Warblers, 47 Notes on some of the Vireos (or Greenlets) of North America, 133 Chawner, Miss E. F. Notes on Young Yellow-winged Sugar-Birds, 57 The Spectacled Owl, 97 The Story of a Black Kite, 296 Craig, Wallace. Directions for Making a Metal Bird-cage, 271 Crisp, E. R. My Experience with British Birds, 332 D. Debreuil, The Chevalier. The Collection of Birds owned by M. Jean Delacour at Villers-Bretonneux (from the ‘ Bulletin of the National Society of Acclimatisation of France,’ translated by the Editor and Dr. Butler), 34, 58 Delacour, Jean. Notes on my Birds at Villers-Bretonneux in 1916, 69 * Carausius morosus as Food, 42 The Red-crowned Pigeon, 139 Exotic Birds’ Endurance during a Cold Winter (1917) in Northern France, 257 Dove, II. Stuart, R.A.O.U. Some Tasmanian Birds’ Nests (from ‘ The Emu ’), 198, 234, 25 E. Ezra, A. *A Trio of Lutinos, 43 F. Finn, Frank. ‘Supposed Falcated Ducks Bred at Kew, 210 G. Galloway, P. F. M. The Long-tailed Tit, 195 Alphabetical List of Contributors. viii - Goodall, Alexander. The Nest of a Chaffinch. 241 H. Hopkinson, E., D.S.O., M.A., M.B., B.Ch.(Oxon.), M.R.C.S., L.R.G.P., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. The Brown-necked Parrot, 24 ’Indian Parrakeets, 209 Reference List of Coloured Plates of the Parrots, 85, 117, 151, 176 Dr. Russ on Sundry Warblers and other Birds, 299 A Visit to the Zoo Eighty Years Ago, 328 *St. Helena Waxbill x Cordon Bleu Hybrids, 352 Hutchinson, Alice. Sparrow Clubs, 276 I. Ingram, Sir William. The Great Bird of Paradise on the Island of Little Tobago, 341 Isemonger, F. M. Crowned Cranes in Uganda, 62 L. Lee, Mabel D. *An Ellicacious Mouse-trap, 184 Low, G. E. The Arrival of “ Kate,” 115 Further Episodes in the Life of a Pair of Shamahs, 265 A Third Brood of Shamahs, 351 M. Meade-Waldo, E. G. B. The Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot, 269 N. • North Queensland Register ’ (The London Correspondent of the). Birds of Queensland, 237 P. Pam, Albert. ’Bird Life on the Battlefields, 239 Pichot, Pierre Amedee. Stick Insects, 94 Alphabetical List of Contributors. ix. Potter, Capt. Bernard E. Some Birds of the Balkans, 141 R. Renshaw, Graham, M.D., F.R.S.E. ‘Rheumatism in Parrot’s Leg, 96 Sheathbills, 110 The Ocellated Turkey, 112 The Celebean Maleo, 168 ‘Contrafeitos, 240 The Secretary Bird, 336 Mantell’s Apteryx, 338 s. St. Quintin, W. H. Breeding of the Little Bustard m 1915, 30 Breeding Notes of 1916, 248 Seth-Smith, D., P.Z.S., M.B.O.U. ‘The Maned Goose, 210 Lorikeets Breeding at the Zoological Gardens, 268 ‘Upland Geese Dying Off, 291 Shaw, Henry S., Junr. Some Experiences in Attracting Birds— the Nesting of a Red breasted Nut¬ hatch (from ‘ Bird-Lore’), 279 Silver, Allen. The Long-tailed Combasou, 89, 183 Two Hangnests and a Troupial, 91 Notes, 156 Birds in London and Suburbia, 228 Smith, C. Barnby. ‘Nesting of Glossy Ibis, 42 ‘Red-Throated Tree Partridges, 184 ‘Water Rails, 239 Staveley-Hill, Eileen. ‘Food for Young Cuckoos, 292 ‘ Sydney Daily Telegraph.’ Birds of the South (Australia), supplied by Mr. R. Colton X. Alphabetical List of Contributors. T. Tavistock, The Marquis of. Breeding Notes — and others — for 191(5, 330 ’Uvean I’arrakeets, 352 Teschemaker, W. E. *White Wagtails Nesting in Herefordshire, 44 The Influence of German Aviculture, 98 “The Early History of the Canary, 183 The Coming of the Nightingale, 185 ’Early French Avicultural Literature, 211 ’The Nightingale in Devonshire, 289 Thorburn-Clarke, H. Swallows at the Front (from ‘ Country Life 75 Thom, Alfred. ’Sexes of Red-collared Lorikeets, 352 Trevor-Battye, Aubyn, M.A. Devotion (from the ‘ Hants and Sussex Gazette '), 251 V. Van Someren, V. G. L. ’Whydahs, 289 w. Whitlaw, Rosa M. ’Nightingales, 261 Williams, A. R. Pheasants, 311 Witherby, H. F. ’The Nightingale in Devonshire, 289, 321 Workman, W. H. Anecdote of the Breeding of the Grey Parrot in England (from ‘ The Zoologist ’), 55 Wormald, Hugh. The Maned Goose, 157 List op Plates. xi. LIST OF PLATES. The Asterisk denotes a Coloured Plate. "■Guatemalan Jay (X anthura cyanocapilla) Little Bustards at Scampston Hall * Peace after War Nest of Yellow winged Sugar-Bird, 1916 .. Young Yellow- winged Sugar- Bird White and Grey Rheas and Ostriches at Villers-Bretonneux . . Heated Corridor, with Aviaries, at Villers-Bretonneux The Spectacled Owl (Syrnium perspici llatum) Black-billed Sheathbill (Chionarchus minor) Ocellated Turkey Crimson-ringed Whydah Jackson’s Whydah (Cock) Crimson-ringed Whydah (Hen) .. Black-faced Ibis (Immature) (Theristicus melanops) The Maned Goose (Male and Female) Chestnut-breasted Finches (Munia castaneithorax ) Long-tailed Tit Building Nest Nest and Eggs of Nightingale Female Nightingale with Nestlings Robin ( Erithacus rubecula) *The Red-breasted Goose (Bernicla rvficollis) Skylark Feeding Young. . Cock Blackbird The Shamahs’ Aviary Female Shamah and Young Bird Male Shamah Carrying Food to Female in Nest Young Shamahs (Cittocincla macrura) The Purple-bellied Tanager (Calliste cyanopygia) .. The Black-chinned Mountain Tanager (Compsocoma notabiHs) Lesser Egrets at Brinsop Court . . Flamingoes ,, ,, ,, Secretary Bird : Characteristic Resting Attitude Mantell s Apteryx : Eleven Years in Captivity TO FACE PAGE 21 30 45 } 37 69 73 ■ 97 | 112 129 - 132 146 157 167 175 | 185 211 213 241 243 265 I 267 268 293 323, 325 326 r 338 XII. List of Text Figures. TEXT FIGURES. PAGE Red-crowned Pigeon (Alectrceiias pulcherrima) 139 Box for Poisoning Mice . . 220 Plan of Metal Bird-cage 272, 273, 275 A Baby Sbamah 308 Female Shamah and Nestling 321 Flamingoes at Brinsop Court 354 THE aVICULTURaL : SOCIETY : FOR THE STUDY OF FOREIGN & BRITISH BIRDS IN FREEDOM & CAPTIVITY. OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1916-1917: President : The Rev. Canon the Hon. F. G. Dutton. Vice-President : Her Grace the Duchess of Bedford. Council : Dr. M. Amsler. The Hon. Mrs. Algernon Bourke. Miss Chawner. Mr. Alfred Ezra. Dr. L. Lovell-Keays. Mr. E. G. B. Meade-Waldo. Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant. Mr. R. I. Pocock. Mr. W. L. Sclater. Mr. W. H. St. Quintin. Mr. D. Seth-Smith. The Marquis of Tavistock. Mr. A. Trevor-Battye. Mr. H. Willford. Executive Committee : Mr. E. G. B. Meade-Waldo. Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant. Mr. D. Seth-Smith. The Hon. Secretaries and the Editor. Hon. Business Secretary : Miss R. Alderson, Park House, Worksop. Hon. Correspondence Secretary : Dr. A. G. Butler, 124, Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent. Hon. Treasurer : Mr. B. C. Thomasset. Editor : Mr. Hubert D. Astley, Brinsop Court, Hereford. Auditor : • Mr. C. Barnby Smith. Scrutineer : Mr, Albert Pam. PRINTED BY ADLARD AND SON AND WEST NEWJIAN,. LONDON AND DORKING. a List of Members. NOTICE. — Members are particularly requested to inform the Hon. Secretary of any error in the spelling of their names, addresses or descriptions, so that it may be corrected. The date following the Member’s name is the date of his election. “ Orig. Mem.” signifies that the Member joined the Society on its formation in Oct., 1894. The asterisk denotes that the Member belonged to the U.K. Foreign Cage Bird Society, either at the time of the amalgamation or some time before. Abraham, Miss Beatrice ; Grove Lodge, Muswell Hill, N. (Feb., 1911) Acton, G. H. ; Bytham, Kidmore Koad, Caversham, Reading. (April, 1914) Ainlky, John William; 16, Dalton Green, Dalton, Huddersfield. (June,. 1895) . Alderson, Miss R. ; Park House, Worksop, Notts {Hon. Secretary). (April, 1896) Alston, Gavin; Yondercroft, Darvel, Ayrshire. (June, 1900) Ames, Mrs. Hobart; North Easton, Mass., U.S.A. (1913) Amsler, Dr. Maurice ; Eton Coutt House, Eton, Windsor. (Dec., 1908) Anningson, Mrs. ; 4, The Crescent, The Park, Plymouth. (May, 1899) Arthur, Charles P. ; Hillcrest, Forest Road, Melksham, Wilts. (Jan., 1895)* 10 Astley, Hubert Delaval, M.A., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U.; Brinsop Court, Hereford (Editor). (June, 1895)* Astley, Reginald B. ; Compton Beauchamp, Shrivenliam, Berks. (July, 1902) Astley, Mrs. Reginald; Compton Beauchamp, Shrivenliam, Berks. (Oct.,. 1905) Atheri.ey, Mrs.; Croft Castle, Kingsland, R.S.O., Herefordshire. (April, 1903) Attewell, Harold^E. ; “ Cassia Grove,” Kingston, Jamaica. (July, 1903) 4 List of Members. Bain-bridge, W. A. ; Hazelwood, Thorpe, Surrey. (1913) Bahr, Dr. Philip H., B.A., M.B.O.U. ; 12, Vicarage Gardens, We6t Kensington, W. (Nov., 1907) Baily, W. Shore; Boyers House, Westbury, Wilts. (Feb., 1910) Baird, Sir Alexander, Bart; ; Urie, Stonehaven, Kincardine, N.B. (Oct., 1904). Baker, E. C. Stdart, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U.; 6, Harold Boad, Upper Norwood, S.E. (Feb., 1904) 120 Baker, Dr. F. D. ; Superintendent, Nat. Zoological Park, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Baker, John C., M.B., B.A., M.B.O.U. ; Ceely House, Aylesbury. (June, 1903) Baldelli, La Contessa Giulia Tommasi ; 4, Via Silvio Pellico, Florence, . Italy. (April, 1902) Bamford, William; The Coppice, Windsor Road, Oldham. (March, 1904) Bahpfylde, The Hon. Mrs. ; Court Hall, North Molton, N. Devon. (Oct. 1910) Barclay-Watson, Miss F. ; The Court House, Goring, Sussex. (July, 1902) Barlow, Alfred; Superintendent, Alexandra Park, Oldham. (April, 1908) Barlow-Massicks, Miss F. M. ; The Mount, Rotherham, Yorks. (1913) Bedfohd, Her Grace the Duchess of, F.Z.S. ; Woburn Abbey, Woburn, Beds ; and 15, Belgrave Square, S.W. (Feb., 1903) Beebe, C. William; Curator of Ornithology, New York Zoological Park, New York City, U.S.A. (July, 1903) 30 Bentley, David ; 80, St. Hubert’s Street, Great Harwood, Blackburn. (July, 1895) Beresford-Webb, G. M. ; Norbryght, South Godstone, Surrey. (May, 1906) Bhuri Singh, His Highness Rajah Sir, Chamba, Punjab, India. (Jan., 1908.) Blackburn, H. R. ; Woodlands, Surrenden Road, Preston, Brighton. (1913) Blaauw, F. E., C.M.Z.S., M.B.O.U. ; Gooilust, ’s Graveland, Hilversum, Holland. (Nov., 1901) Blagg, E. W. H. ; Greenhill, Cheadle, Staffs. (Sept., 1911) Blathwayt, A. P. ; The Grange, Northwood, Middlesex. (Jan., 1895) Bonhote, John Lewis, M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S. , M.B.O.U.; Zoological Gardens, Ghizeh, Egypt. (Dec., 1894) Borthwick, Alex. ; Yereena, Canonbury Grove, Dulwich Hill, Sydney, N. S.W. (Feb. 1909) Boscawen, Townshend E. ; 1, Old Burlington Street, London, W. (1913) 40 Bouet, M. Daniel ; 27, Avenue de Suffren, Paris. (May, 1915) Boughton-Leigh, Henry ; Brownsover Hall, Rugby. (May, 1900) Bourke, Hon. Mrs. Algernon ; 75, Gloucester Place, Portman Square, W. (Feb., 1911) Bousfield, Miss M. ; 58, Southbourne Road, Bournemouth. (June, 1914) Box, E. A. Granville; 90, Grove Lane, Denmark Hill, S.E. (Nov., 1907) Boyd, Harold; Box 374, Kelowna, British Columbia. (March, 1902) Boyes, Frederick ; Norwood, Beverley, Yorkshire. (Sept., 1907) Brazil, Prof. ; Universite de Caen, France. (1913) List of Members. 5 Bridgeman, Commander the Hon. Richard, O.B., R.N., M.B.O.U. ; H.M.S. “ Hyacinth,” Cape Station. (Dec., 1904) Bridgeman, Colonel the Hon. Francis C. ; 59, Ennismore Gardens, S.W. (Oct., 1905) 50 Bright, Herbert ; “ Lynton,” Eaton Road, Cressington Park, nr. Liverpool. (June, 1914) « Brook, E. J. ; Hoddam Castle, Ecclefechan, N.B. (August, 1915) Browning, William H. ; 16, Cooper Square, New York City, U.S. A. (March, 1906) Bufton, R. P. ; “ Caerlyn,” Llandrindod Wells. (Feb., 1914) Burdon, Mrs. W. ; Hartford House, Bedlington, Northumberland. (1913) Burgoyne, F., F.Z.S. ; 116, Harley Street, W. (1912) Burton, Walter ; Mooresfoot, East Sheen, S.W. (Dec., 1901) Butler, Arthur G., Ph.D., F.L.S., F.Z.S. , M.B.O.U. (Hon. Correspondence Secretary) ; 124, Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent. (Orig. Mem.)* Butler, A. L., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., Superintendent of Game Preservation, Khartoum, Soudan. (August, 1906) Butler, Arthur Larchin, M.Aust.O.U. ; Waimarie, Lower Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania. (July, 1905) 60 Buttikoffer, Dr. J., C.M.Z.S., M.B.O.U., Director of the Zoological Gardens, Rotterdam, Holland. (Oct., 1907.) (Hon. Member) Buxton, E. Hugh ; Fritton Hall, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. (June, 1909) Camps, H. T. T., F.Z.S. ; Linden House, Haddenham, Isle of Ely. (Orig. Mem.) Carpenter, The Hon. Mrs. ; 22, Grosvenor Road, S.W. (Feb., 1908) Carrick, George ; 13, King’s Terrace, Maryhill, Glasgow. (March, 1898) Castellan, Victor E. ; Hare Hall, Romford, Essex. (Orig. Mem.) Cattle, C. F. ; Thurston, Bury St. Edmunds. (Jan., 1905) Cecil, The Lady William, Baroness Amherst of Hackney ; Didlington Hall, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, and 23, Queen’s Gate Gardens, S.W. Chamberlain, Walter ; Pendock Grove, Cobham, Surrey. (1912) Charrington, Mrs. Mowbray ; How Green, Hever, Edenbridge, Kent. (May, 1906). 70 Chawner, Miss; Forest Bank, Lyndhurst, Hants. (July, 1899) Christie, Mrs. ; Newton House, by Elgin, Scotland. (Sept., 1904). Clitherow, Mrs. Claud Stracey; 20, Park Square, Regent’s Park, N.W. (June, 1903) Connell, Mrs. Knatchbull; The Orchard, Brockenhurst, Hants. (Nov., 1897). Constable, The Rev. W. J. ; Uppingham Schoo , Uppingham. (Sept., 1901) Cooper, Sir Edward E. , Berrydown Court, Overton, Hants. (1912) Cooper, James ; Cayton, Scarborough. (Orig. Mem. Cooper, William ; Aislaby Hall, Pickering, Yorks. (March, 1907) Cory, Reginald R. ; Duffryn, near Cardiff. (August, 1905) Craig, Prof. Wallace ; Ororio, Maine, U.S. A. (1912) 6 List of Members. SO Cronkshaw, J. ; Bed Croft, Hollins Lane, Accrington. (Dec., 1894) Cross, W. Simpson, F.Z.S. ; Otterspool House, Aigburth, Liverpool. (Jan., 1898) Ccningham, Martin ; Goff’s Oak House, Cheshunt, Herts. (Oct., 1908) Currey, Mrs. ; The Pit House, Ewell, Surrey. (Feb., 1906) Cushny, Charles ; (No permanent address). (June, 1906) Davies, Lieut. Claude G., M.B.O.U., 1st S.A.M. Biflemen, Outjo, S.W. African Protectorate. (July, 1909) Davies, G. ; 96, Greenfield Terrace, New Tredegar. (July, 1914) Delacour, Lieut. Jean; 28, Bue de Madrid, Paris. (April, 1916) Dell, Charles ; 12, High Street, Harlesden, N.W. (July, 1900) Denman, Arthur, M.A., F.Z.S., F.S.A., 12, Harley Gardens, South Kensing¬ ton, S.W. (Sept., 1909) DO Dennis, Mrs. H. E. ; St. Leonard’s Park, Horsham. (March, 1903) De Pass, Miss O. ; 6, The Orchard, Bedford Park, W. (March, 1914) De Taintegnies, La Baronne Le Clement ; Cleveland, Minehead, Somerset. (Feb., 1902) Dewar, D., I.C.S. ; 33, Sheepcote Boad, Harrow, Middlesex. (Sept., 1905) de Winton, William Edward, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. ; Southover, Burwash, Sussex. (Aug., 1903) Dilkusha, The Superintendent of ; Burwan Baj, Burwan, India. (Nov., 1915). Director, The; Zoological Museum, Tring, Herts. (1912) Donald, C. H. ; c/o The Alliance Bank of Simla, Ltd., Simla, India. (March, 1906) Douglas, Miss ; Bose Mount, Pitlochry, N.B. (June, 1905) Douglas, William C., F.Z.S. ; 26, The Boltons, S.W. (Nov., 1910) 100 Dowson, E. M. ; United University Club, Suffolk Street, London. (June, 1915) Drelincourt-Campbell, A. C. ; 48, Bockcliffe Boad, Bathwick, Bath. Drewitt, Frederick Dawtrey, M.A., M.D., F.B.C.P., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. ; 14, Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington, W. (May, 1903) Dunleath, The Lady ; Ballywalter Park, Ballywalter, co. Down, Ireland. . (Aug., 1897) Dutton, The Kev. Canon the Hon. ; Bibury Vicarge, Fairford. (Orig. Mem.) Dyott, B. A.; Whittington, Lichfield. (1912) Eckstein, F. ; Ottershaw Park, Ottershaw, Surrey. (1912) Ezra, Alfred ; 110, Mount Street, London, W. (1912) Ezra, David ; 3, Kyd Street, Calcutta. (June, 1912) Falkner, Guy; Westbourne House, Belton, Uppingham. (Oct., 1915) 110 Fasey, William B. ; The Oaks, Holly Bush Hill, Snaresbrook, N.E. (May, 1902) Field, George ; Sorrento, Staplehurst, Kent. (March, 1900) Field, Miss Hilda ; Ashurst Park, Tunbridge Wells. (1912) List of Members. 7 Finn, Frank ; 23, Chalcot Crescent, Primrose Hill, N.W. (Hon. Member) Firebrace, Mrs. ; 16, Buckingham Palace Gardens, S.W. (Feb., 1911) Flower, Major Stanley Smyth, F.L.S., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. ; Director Egyptian Government Zoological Gardens, Ghizeh, Cairo, Egypt. (Jan., 1913) Flower, Mrs. Stanley ; Longfield, Tring, Herts. (March, 1909) Follett, The Lady Julia; Woodside, Old Windsor. (Oct., 1903) Fortescue, Col. H. ; Falmouth House, Newmarket. (Oct., 1908) Foster, E. Hubert ; Lower Bowden, Pangbourne, Berks. (1912) 120 Fowler, Charles; 26, Broad Street, Blaenavon. (Dec., 1894) Frost, Wilfred; 13, Fairlawn Avenue, Chiswick Park, W. (July, 1908) Galloway, P. F. M. ; Durban, Rectory Road Uaversham, Reading. (March, 1907) Ghigi, il Prof. Allessandro ; Via d’Azeglio, Bologna, Italy. (March, 1911) Gibbs, Mrs. H. Martin; Barrow Court, Flax Bourton, R.S.O., Somerset. (April, 1904) Gibbins, William B. ; Ettington, near Stratford-on-Avon. (June 1895)* Giles, Henry M., M.Aust.O.U. (Orig. Mem.); Zoological Gar lens, Perth, Western Australia. (June, 1903) Goddard, H. E. ; Rothesay, Thicket Road, Sutton, Surrey. (Feb , 1899) Godman, F. DuCane, D-C.L.. F.R.S., F.Z.S., President of the British Ornithologists’ Union ; 45, Pont Street, S.W. (Oct., 1904). ( Homrary Member) Goodall, A. A. ; 64, Park Road, West Dulwich, S.E. (Nov. 1909) 130 Goodall, Alexander ; 5, Maria Street, Kirkcaldy. (March, 1916) Goodchild, Herbert, M.B.O.U. ; 17, Priory Gardens, Shepherd’s Hill, Highgate, N. (Oct., 1912) Gosse, Dr. Philip, M.R.C.S. ; Curtlemead, Beaulieu, Hants. (April, 1911) Grabham, Dr. Oxley ; The Museum, York. (June, 1914) Gray, Henry, M.R.C.V.S.; 23, Upper Phillimore Place, W. (June, 1906) Greening, Linn.eus; Fairlight, Grappenhall, near Warrington. (Jan. 1911) Gregory, Mrs. ; Melville, Parkstone, Dorset. (Dec., 1901) Grey, Rt. Hon. Viscount, K.G. ; 33, Eccleston Square, S.W. (1913) Griffiths, M. E. ; Caizley House, Temple Road, Stowmarket. (May, 1902) Gronvold, Henrik, British Museum (Nat. Hist.); Cromwell Road, S.W. (Nov., 1902) 140 Grossmith, J. L. ; The Grange, Bickley, Kent. (Nov., 1912) Guilford, Miss H. ; 23, Lenton Avenue, The Park, Nottingham. (March, 1903) Gulbenkian, C. S. ; 27, Quai D’Orsay, Paris. (Dec., 1908) Gunn, W. Cecil; The Red House, Bickley, Kent. (Jan., 1902) Gurney, John Henry, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. ; Keswick Hall, Norwich, and Athemeum Club, Pall Mall, S.W. (Dec., 1904) Haagner, A. K., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., Director, Transvaal Zoological Gardens; Box 754, Pretoria, South Africa. (Nov., 1905) 8 List of Members. Haggie, G. E. ; Brumcombe, Foxcombe Hill, Oxford. (June, 1914) Harcourt, Rt. Hon. Lewis, P.C. ; 14, Berkeley Square, W. (1913) Harding, W. A., M.A., F.Z.S. ; Histon Manor, Cambridge. (Dec., 1903) Hardy, Lawrence, M.P. ; Sandling Park, Hythe, Kent. (Nov., 1906) 150 Harewood, The Countess of; Harewood House, Leeds. (March, 1903) Harley, Mrs. F. ; Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire. (1908) Harper, Edward William, F.Z.S. , M.B.O.U. ; Post Box 86, Calcutta, India. (Feb., 1901) Hartley, Mrs.; “ Lynchfield,” Bishops Lydeard, Somerset. (April, 1897) Harvey, The Hon. Lady; Langley Park, Slough. (Oct., 1906) Hawke, The Hon. Mary C. ; Wighill Park, Tadcaster. (Nov., 1900) Hawkins, L. W. ; 206, Clive Road, West Dulwich, S.E. (Jan., 1899) Hayes, Miss Phyllis ; Harcourt, Wem, Salop. (1915) Hebb, Thomas ; “ Brooklea,” The Downs, Luton, Beds. (April, 1914) Hemsworth, The Rev. B., M.A., J.P. ; Monk Fryston Hall, South Milford, Yorks. (June, 1901) 160 Herbert, Edward G. ; c/o T. Cook & Son, Ludgate Circus, E.C. Hetley, Mrs. Henry, Beaufort House, 114, Church Road, Norwood, S.E. (July, 1910) Huemann, G. A. ; Strand Arcade, George Street, Sydney, New South Wales. (Sept., 1913) Hewitt, Harald, F.Z.S., East Sooke, Vancouver Island, B.C. (Jan., 1905) Heywood, Richard ; Narborough, Norfolk. (Oct., 1911) Hill, Arthur W. ; Assist. Director, Royal Gardens, Kew, Surrey. (Oct., 1915) Hill, Mrs. E. Staveley ; Oxley Manor, Wolverhampton. (Oct., 1905) Hindle, R. Franklin; 34, Brunswick Road, Liverpool. (Sept., 1898) Hodgson, The Hon. Mrs. ; Clopton, Stratford-on-Avon. (March, 1903) Holden, Ralph A., F.Z.S. ; 5, John Street, Bedford Row, London, W.C. (May, 1906) 170 Hopkinson, Dr. Emilies, D.S.O., M.A., M.B.Oxon. ; Gambia, West Africa ; 45, Sussex Square, Brighton. (Oct., 1906) Hopson, Fred C. ; Northbrook Street, Newbury. (March, 1897) Horsbrugh, Mrs. Boyd R. ; Tandridge Priory, Oxted, Surrey. Housden, James B. ; Brooklyn, Cator Road, Sydenham, S.E. (Orig. Mem.) Howard, Robert James, M.B.O.U. ; Shear Bank, Blackburn. (April, 1903) Howard-Vyse, H. ; Stoke Place, Slough. (Nov., 1906) Howman, Miss ; 6, Essex Grove, Upper Norwood, S.E. (Mar., 1897) Hubbard, George ; 112, Fenchurch Street, E.C. (Jan., 1905) Hutchinson, Miss Alice ; Alderton, Chippenham, Wilts. (August, 1907) Inchiquin, The Lady ; Dromoland Castle, Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare, Ireland. (Nov., 1897) 180 Ingram, Capt. Collingwood ; The Bungalow, Westgate-on-Sea. (Oct., 1905) Ingram, Sir William, Bart. ; The Bungalow, Westgate-on-Sea. (Sept., 1904 List of Members. 9 Isaac, Charles ; Somerton, Bath Road, Slough. (March, 1906) Jamrach, Albert E. ; 180, St. George’s Street, London, E. (April, 1913) Jeakins, A. E., The Studio, Simla, India. (March, 1915) Johnson, Major Frank; Melrose House, Wilbury Road, Hove, Sussex (1912) Johnstone, Mrs. E. J. ; Burrswood, Groomsbridge, Sussex. (May, 1908) Enable, Miss E. Maud ; 32, Tavistock Square, W.C. (Aug., 1916) Kuser, J. Drtden ; Faircourt, Bernardsville, New Jersey, U.S.A. (1912) Lancaster, John ; Dunchurch Lodge, near Rugby. (March, 1904) 190 Lascelles, Hon. Gerald, Illington House, Petworth, Sussex. (Oct., 1916) Latham, Miss Grace; 3, Trevanion Road, West Kensington, W. (April, 1915) Lawrence, Mr. S. A. ; Miya, Alma Road, E. St. Kilda, Viet. (Sept., 1916) Leach, C. F. ; Vale Lodge, Leatherhead, Surrey. (June, 1914) Lee, Mrs. E. D. ; Hartwell House, Aylesbury. (July, 1906) Leeke, Miss Dorothy; 9, Hertford Street, Mayfair, W. (May, 1909) Leicester, the Earl of, G.C.V.O., etc. ; 15, Hill Street, Berkeley Square, W. (May, 1913) Leigh, Cecil; Lyburn Park, near Lyndhurst, Hants. (Nov., 1906) Lemon, Frank E. ; Hillcrest, Redhill, Surrey. Le Souef, A. Sherbourne ; Zoological Gardens, Sydney, New South Wales. (Aug., 1913) 200 Le Souef, Dudley ; Zoological Gardens, Royal Park, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia. (1912) Lilford, The Lady; Lilford Hall, Oundle, Northamptonshire. (Jan., 1898) Lloyd, Capt. A. M. ; l/24th Regiment, Chatham Barracks, Chatham. (April, 1912) Lockyer, Alfred ; St. Monica’s Lodge, Elm Park Road, Winchmore Hill, N. (Dec., 1905) Lovelace, The Countess of ; Wentworth House, Chelsea Embankment, London, S.W. (May, 1906) Lovell-Keays, Dr. L. ; East Hoathley, Sussex. (Aug., 1913) Lovell-Keays, Mrs. ; East Hoathley, Sussex. (July, 1916) Lovett, C. ; 48, Thorncliffe Road, Summertown, Oxford. (Dec., 1912) Low, George E. ; 14, Royal Terrace East, Kingstown, Ireland. (Mar., 1913) Lucas, Dr. N. S. ; University College Hospital, Gower Street, W.C. (Jan., 1913) 210 Manchester Public Libraries ; Reference Library, Piccadilly, Manchester. (July, 1913) McGeagh, Dr. R. T. ; Mona Lodge, Lezayre, nr. Ramsey, Isle of Man. (Aug., 1908) McGee, The Rev. Father ; St. Laurences, Forbes, N.S.W. (July, 1908) Malone, Mrs. M. L’Estrange ; West Lodge, Malton, Yorks. (Jan., 1902) 10 List of Members. Manners-Smith, Lieut.-Col. ; The Residency, Nepal, India. (1911) Mappin, Stanley ; 12, Albert Hall Mansions, Kensington Gate, S.W. (April, 1911) Marlow, R. ; 115, Manchester Road, Denton, Lancs. (Jan., 1915) Marshall, Archibald McLean; Chitcombe, Brede, Sussex. (Jan., 1906) Marshall, F. ; 16, Vale Avenue, Chelsea, S.W. ( ) Martin, H. C. ; 147, Victoria Road, Old Charlton, Kent ; and Saladero, Liebig, Fray Bentos, Uruguay. (Jan., 1897) 1220 Martorelli, Professore Giancinto, M.B.O.U., etc.; Collezione Turati, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Milan, Italy. (July, 1906.) ( Honorary Member ) Mason, D. ; 23, Prince of Wales Terrace, Kensington, W. (June, 1914) Maud, Mrs. Charles E. ; Monterey, California. (July, 1913) Meade-Waldo, E. G. B., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. ; Hever Warren, Hever, Kent, (Jan., 1S95) Mercer, William; Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (March, 1913) Mills, The Hon. Violet ; The Wilderness, Sevenoaks. (Oct., 1907) Millsum, O. ; 79, Northdown Road, Cliftonville, Margate. (Aug., 1909) Mitchell, Harry ; Haskells, Lyndhurst, Hants. (Feb., 1904) Momber, Mrs. ; 77, Harley Street, W. (Sept., 1907) Montagu, Hon. E. S., M.P., M.B.O.U.; 59, Bridge Street, Cambridge; and 12, Kensington Palace Gardens, W. (May, 1912) 230 Montgeon, Mdlle. de; Eastington Hall, Upton-on-Severn, Worcs. (Oct., 1913) Morgan, Hon. Evan F. ; 37, Bryanston Square, W. (1912) Morrison, Hon. Mrs. McLaren : Queen Anne’s Mansions, St. James’s Park. S.W. (Sept , 1911) Morshead, Lady ; Forest Lodge, Binfield, Bracknell, Berks. (Dec., 1894)* Mortimer, Mrs.; Wigmore, Holmwood, Surrey. (Orig. Mem.)* Mundy, Miss Sybil Miller ; Shipley Hall, Derby. (Jan., 1909) Munt, Henry ; 10, Ashburn Place, S. Kensington, S.W. (1912) Mylan, Dr. Jas. George, B.A., M.B. (Univ. Coll.) ; L.R.C.P. and L.R.C.S. (Ed.), etc. ; 90, Upper Hanover Street, Sheffield. (Dec., 1901) Newall, Mrs. ; Red Heath, Croxley Green, R.S.O., Herts. (June, 1911) Newman, T. H. ; F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. ; Newlands, Harrowdene Road, Wembley, Middlesex. (May, 1900) 240 Newmarsh, C. T., at Gamage’s, Ltd. ; Holborn, W.C. (Aug., 1915) Nichols, Walter B., M.B.O.U.; Stour Lodge, Bradfield, Manningtree. (Jan., 1907) Nicoll, MicHAEL J., M.B.O.U. ; Zoological Gardens, Ghizeh, Cairo, Egypt. (1906) Oakey, W. ; The Angler’s Inn, Poole Street, Preston. (March, 1896)* Oberholser, Harry C. ; 1444, Fairmount Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., U.S.A. (Oct., 1903) List of Members. 11 Ooilvie-Grant, W. R., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. ; British Museum (Nat. Hist.), Crom¬ well Road, S.W. (Dec., 1903) Ogle, Bertram Saville, M.B.O.U. ; Steeple Aston, Oxford. (Dec., 1902) Onslow, The Countess of ; Clandon Park, Guildford, Surrey. (July, 1910) O’Reilly, Nicholas S. ; 144, Eastern Road, Kemp Town, Brighton. (Dec., 1894) OsTREnAN, J. Elliott D. ; Bank House, Thame, Oxon. (April, 1903) 250 Page, Wesley T., F.Z.S. ; Langstone, Lingfield, Surrey. (May, 1897) Painter, K. V. ; 2508 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. (Dec., 1909) Pam, Albert, F.Z.S. ; Wormley Bury, Broxbourne, Herts. (Jan., 1906) Pam, Hugo, C.M.Z.S. ; 65, Bishopsgate, E.C. (Sept., 1911) Parkin, Thomas, M.A., F.R.G.S., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. ; Fairseat, High Wickham, Hastings. (Oct., 1903) Pier, P. ; c/o Taxation Department, George Street North, Sydney, N.S.W. (July, 1903) Pennant, The Lady Edith Douglas; Soham House, Newmarket, Cambs. (Sept., 1908) Penrose, Frank G., M.D., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. ; Rathkeale, 51, Surrey Road, Bournemouth. (Dec., 1903) Percival, Walter G. ; Nanga, Chania Bridge, British East Africa. (Feb., 1915) Perreau, Major G. A. ; 2/4 Gurkha Rifles, Bakloli, Punjab, India. (Dec., 1903) 260 Percy, The Lord William ; Alnwick Castle, Alnwick. (May, 1913) Perring, C. S. R.; 1, Claremont Avenue, New Malden, Surrey. Phillips, John C. ; Knobflelds, Wenharn, Mass., U.S.A. (March, 1910) Phillips, Mrs. E. Lort, F.Z.S. ; 79, Cadogan Square, S.W. (April, 1907) Pichot, M. Pierre A. ; 132, Boulevard Hausmann, Paris. (Sept., 1910) Pickford, Randoi.f John ; Thorn Lea, Carmel Road, Darlington. Pike, L. G. ; Kingsbarrow, Wareham, Dorset. (1912) Pocock, R. I., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. ; Zoological Society’s Gardens, Regent’s Park, N.W. (Feb., 1904) Portal, Maurice ; High Sandhoe, Hexham. (April, 1913) Potter, Dr. Bernard E. ; 58, Park Street, W. (March, 1914) 270 Powis, The Earl of ; 45, Berkeley Square, W. ; and Powis Castle, Welshpool. (April, 1902) Princeton University, Library of ; Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A. (Nov., 1907) Pycraft, W. P., A.L.S., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., etc. ; British Museum (Nat. Hist.), Cromwell Road, S.W. (Nov., 1904). (Hon. Member ) Quincey, Richard S. de Q. ; Inglewood, Chislehurst, Kent. (April, 1913) Radcliffe, Captain A. Delme, 105th Maratha Light Infantry, Poona, India. Rathborne, Henry B. ; Dreenan, Boa Island, Pettigo, Co. Fermanagh. (May, 1901) 12 List of Members. Battigan, G. E. ; Fron-Felen, Caersws, Montgomeryshire. (Aug., 1908) Bickman, Philip; Brookmead, Windsor Eoad, Bray, Berks. (July, 1915) Eeid, Mrs. ; Funchal, Madeira. (Feb., 1895). Benshaw, Dr. Graham, M.B., M.E.C.S. ; Bridge House, Sale, Manchester. (Jan., 1910) 280 Eice, Captain G. ; Persey House, Blairgowrie, N.B. (May, 1912) Biley, Joseph H. ; U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. (June, 190G) Bitchie, Norman ; The Holmes, St. Boswell’s, N.B. (Feb., 1903) Bobbins, Henry ; (Address unknown). (April, 1908) Boberts, Mrs., C.M.Z.S.; Beaumaris, Montpelier Street, Hobart, Tasmania. (June, 1903) Bogers, Lieut. -Col. J. M., D.S.O., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. (late Boyal Dragoons) ; Biverhill, Sevenoaks. (April, 1907) Bogerson, A. ; Fleurville, Ashford Boad, Cheltenham. (Dec., 1902) Bothschild, Hon. Lionel de, M.P. ; 46, Park Street, W. (Nov., 1913) Bothwell, James E. ; 153, Sewall Avenue, Brookline, Mass., U.S.A. (Oct., 1910) Boyal Zoological Society of Ireland, Phoenix Park, Dublin. (Oct., 1905) 290 St. Quintin, William Herbert, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. ; Scampston Hall, Billington, York. (Orig. Mem.) Sclater, W. L., M.A., F.Z.S. ; 10, Sloane Court, S.W. (Aug., 1904) Scott, Lieut. B. Hamilton, B.F.A. ; Empire Hospital, Vincent Square, S.W. (1912) Segur, M. le Marquis de ; 45, Avenue d'lena, Paris. (Sept., 1913) Seppings, Captain J. H. W. ; The Army Pay Office, Pretoria, S.A. (Sept., 1907) Sargeaunt, A. St. George; Exbury, Padstow, Cornwall. (June, 1915) Samuelson, Lady ; Hatchford Park, Cobliam, Surrey. (July, 1916) Seth-Smith, David, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. ; 34, Elsworthy Boad, South Hampstead, N.W. (Dec., 1894) Seth-Smith, Leslie M., B.A., M.B.O.U. ; Alleyne, Caterham Valley, Surrey; and Kampala, Uganda. (July, 1912) Sebag-Montefiore, Mrs. ; 2, Palace Houses, W. (1913) 300 Sich, Herbert Leonard ; Corney House, Burlington Lane, Chiswick, W. (Feb., 1902) Simpson, Archibald : Oakfield House, Stanks, Crossgates, nr. Leeds. (Feb. 1901) Smalley, F. W., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. ; Challan Hall, Silverdale, near Carnforth, Lancs. (1912) Smith, C. Barnby; Woodlands, Betford. (Aug., 1906) Smith, Miss Dorrien- : Tresco Abbey, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall. (Aug., 1908) Smith, O. C. ; 73, Audley Street, Beading. (March, 1915) Southesk, The Countess of ; Kinnaird Castle, Brechin, N.B. (Feb., 1901) Southport Corporation, Curator of; Hesketh Park, Southport. (Jan., 1904)’ Spence, G. O. ; Elmwood, Hartburn, Stockton-on-Tees. (1913) List of Members. 13 Sprankling, E. ; Brookland Cottage, South Road, Taunton. (Feb., 1914) 310 Stansfield, Captain John ; Dunninald, Montrose, N.B. (Dec., 1896) Staples-Browne, R. ; Bampton, Oxfordshire. (Aug., 1898) Stevens, H. ; Gopaldara, Mirik, P.O. Darjeeling Himal. Ry., Sonada, India. (Oct., 1911) Stockport Corporation ; Superintendent, Vernon Park, Stockport. (Oct., 1902) Sturton-Johnson, Miss ; Oratava House, Ore, Hastings. (May, 1897) Suffolk and Berkshire, The Countess of ; Charlton Park, Malmesbury. (Feb., 1909) Suggitt, Robert; Suggitt’s Lane, Clecthorpes, Grimsby. (Dec., 1903) Sutcliffe, Albert; Fairholme, Grimsby. (Feb., 1906) Sutton, Lady; Brinsop Court, Hereford. (Dec., 1901) Swaysland, Walter; 47, Queen’s Road, Brighton. (Orig. Mem.)* 320 Taka-Tsukasa, Mr. ; Nobusuke Taka-Tsukasa, No. 106, Honmura-Cho, Azabu, Tokyo, Japan. (Feb., 1914) Tanner, Dr. Frank L. ; Vanvert House, Guernsey. (Jan., 1914) Tavistock, The Marquis of ; Warblington House, Havant, Hants. (1912) Temple, W. R. ; Ormonde, Datcliet, Bucks. (June, 1907) Terry, Major Horace A., M.B.O.U. (late Oxfordshire Light Infantry) ; Compton Grange, Compton, Guildford. (Oct., 1902) Teschemaker, W. E., B.A. ; Ringmore, Teignmouth, Devon. (May, 1904) Thom, Alfred A. ; The Citadel, Hawkstone, Preston-Brockhurst, Salop. (June, 1913) Thomas, F. Inigo ; 2, Mulberry Walk, Church Street, Chelsea, S.W. (June, 1914) Thomas, Henry ; 15, Clinning Road, Birkdale, Southport. (Jan., 1895) Thomas, Miss F. G. F. ; Weston Hall, Towcester, Northants. (March, 1899) 330 Thomasset, Bernard C., F.Z.S. ; The Manor House, Ashmansworth, near Newbury. (Hon. Treasurer.) (July, 1896) Thomasset, H. P. ; Mahe, Seychelles, Madagascar. (Nov., 1906) Thompson, Mrs. F. F. ; Canandaigua, N.Y., U.S.A. (July, 1907) Thorniley, Percy Wright ; Shooter’s Hill, Went, Shrewsbury. (Feb., 1902) Thorpe, Charles ; Selborne, Springfield Road, Wallington, Surrey. (Dec., 1901) Ticehurst, Dr. C. B.; Grove House, Lowestoft. (1912) Ticehurst, Norman Frederick, M.A., M.B., F.R.C.S., F.Z.S. ; 35, Pevensey Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea. (Dec., 1906) Townsend, Stanley M. ; 3, Swift Street, Fulham. (Sept., 1898) Trenow, Evelyn Henry, F.Z.S. ; Ivy Lodge, Epping, Essex. (Nov., 1910) Trestrail, Mrs. ; Southdaile, Clevedon. (Sept., 1903) 340 Trevor-Battye, Aubyn B. R., M.A., F.L.S. ; Ashford Cliace,Petersfield, Hants. (July, 1898) Tuckwell, Edmund H. ; Berthorpe, Compton, near Guildford, Surrey. (1912) 14 List of Members. Turner, Mrs. Turner; Abbey Spring, Beaulieu, Hants. (July, 1910) Tweedie, Lieut. -Col. W. ; c/o Mrs. Tweedie, 8, Glebe Crescent, Stirling. (April, 1903) Urwick, Douglas It. ; Prior’s Barton, Winchester. (March, 1913) Valentine, Ernest ; 7, Highfield, Workington. (May, 1899) Van Oort, Dr. E. D. ; Museum of Natural History, Leiden, Holland. Van Someren, Dr. ; Nairobi, British East Africa. (June, 1915) Wachsmann, A. E. ; “Maitai,” Murray Road, Beecroft, New South Walesr Australia. (August, 1914) Waddell, Miss Peddie ; Balquhatstone, Sian Annan, Stirlingshire. (Feb., 1903) 350 Wait, MissL. M. St. A.; 12, Rosary Gardens, S.W. (Feb., 1909) Walker, Miss H. K. O. ; Chesham, Bury, Lancs. (Feb., 1895) Walker, Miss; Persey House, Blairgowrie, N.B. (Jan., 1903) Warner, Percy; Nashville, Tenn., U.S.A. (March, 1916) Wallop, The Hon. Frederick. (No address.) (Feb., 1902) Waterfield, Mrs. Noel E. ; Blyburgate House, Beccles ; and Port Soudanr Red Sea. (Sept., 1904) Watts, R. J. ; “ Sunnyside,” St. Peter’s Road, Huntingdon. (Feb., 1914) Waud, Capt. P. Reginald ; Hoe Benham, near Newbury. (May, 1913) Wellington, Her Grace the Duchess of ; Ewhurst Park, Basingstoke. (Oct., 1913) Whitaker, Joseph I. S., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. ; Malfitano, Palermo, Sicily. (August, 1903) 360 White, Stephen J. ; Lloyds, London, E.C. (Oct., 1913) Whitehead, Mrs. Henry ; Haslem Hey, Bury, Lancs. (March, 1902) Whitlaw, Miss Rosa M. ; Amerden, Taplow. (August, 1914) Wiglesworth, Joseph, M.D., M.B.O.U.; Springfield House, Winscombe, Somerset. (Oct., 1902) Wilkinson, John ; The Grange, Kirkcudbright, Scotland. (Dec., 1914) Willford, Henry ; Upland View, Havenstreet, Ryde, Isle of Wight. (Nov., 1907) Williams, Mrs. C. H. ; Emmanuel Parsonage, Exeter. (May, 1902) Williams, Mrs. Howard; 24, Harley House, Regent’s Park, N.W. (April, 1902) Williams, Sidney, Jun., F.Z.S. ; Oakleigh, 110, Riverway, Palmer's Green, N. (Feb., 1905) Wilson, Dr. Maurice A. ; Walton Lodge, Pannal, Harrogate. (Oct., 1905) 370 Wilson, T. Needham ; Harrow Lodge, Bransgore, Christchurch, Hants. (Dec., 1901) Winchelsea and Nottingham, The Countess of; Harlech, Merioneth. (April, 1903) Wolfe, Miss Georgina ; St. John, 67, Granada Road, East Southsea. (August, 1904) List of Members. 15 Woodward, Kenneth N. ; 1, Madison Avenue, New York, U.S.A. (March, 1915) Woolridge, Prof. G. H., F.R.C.V.S. ; Ypsilanti, 13, St. Andrew’s Road, Golder’s Green, N.W. (1912) Workman, Wm. Hughes, M.B.O.U. ; Lismore, Windsor Avenue, Belfast. (May, 1903). Wormald, Hugh; The Heath, Dereham, Norfolk. (Dec. 1904) Wright, R. N. ; Church Hill, Robert Road, Handsworth, near Birmingham. (Dec., 1908) Yealland, James ; Binstead, Isle of Wight. (July, 1913) Younger, Miss Barbara Henderson ; 4, Douglas Gardens, Edinburgh. (July,. 1909) 16 Rules of the Avicultural Society. Rules of the Avicultural Society. .4s amended January, 1908. 1. — The name of the Society shall be The Avicultural Society, and its object shall be the study of Foreign and British Birds in freedom and in captivity. Poultry, Pigeons, and Canaries shall be outside the scope of the Society. The year of the Society, with that of each volume of the Society’s Magazine, which shall be known as The Avicultural Magazine, shall commence with the month of November and end on the 31st of October following. 2. — The Avicultural Society shall consist of Ordinary and Honorary Members, and the latter shall be restricted in number to six, and be elected by the Council. 3. — The Officers of the Society shall be elected, annually if necessary, by members of the Council in manner hereinafter provided, and shall consist of a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Business Secretary, a Correspondence Secretary, an Editor, a Treasurer, an Auditor, a Scrutineer, and a Council of fifteen members. The Secretaries, Editor, and Treasurer shall be ex officio Members of the Council. 4. — New Members shall be proposed in writing, and the name and address of every person thus proposed, with the name of the Member proposing him, shall be published in the next issue of the Magazine. Unless the candidate shall, within two weeks after the publication of his name in the Magazine, be objected to by at least two Members, he shall be deemed to be duly elected. If five Members shall lodge with the Business Secretary objections to any candidate he shall not be elected, but the signatures to the signed objections must be verified by the Scrutineer. If two or more Members (but less than five) shall object to any candidate, the Secretary shall announce in the next number of the Magazine that such objections have been lodged (but shall not disclose the names of the objectors), and shall request the Members to vote upon the question of the election of such candidate. Members shall record their votes in sealed letters addressed to the Scrutineer, and a candidate shall not be elected unless two-thirds of the votes recorded be in his favour ; nor shall a candidate be elected if five or more votes be recorded against his election. 5. — Each Member shall pay an annual subscription of 10s., to be due and payable in advance on the 1st of November in each year. New Members shall pay, in addition, an entrance fee of 10s. 6d. ; and, on payment of their entrance fee and Buies of the Avicultural Society. 17 subscription, they shall be entitled to receive all the numbers of the Society’s Magazine for the current year. 6. — Members intending to resign their membership at the end of the current year of the Society are expected to give notice to the Business Secretary before the 1st of October, so that their names may not be included in the “ List of Members,’’ which shall be published annually in the November number of the Magazine. 7. — The Magazine of the Society shall be issued on or about the first day of every month,* and forwarded, post free, to all the Members who shall have paid their subscriptions for the year ; but no Magazine shall be sent or delivered to any Member until the annual subscription shall have reached the hands of the Business Secretary or the Publishers. Members whose subscriptions shall not have been paid as above by the first day in September in any year shall cease to be Members of the Society, and shall not be re-admitted until a fresh entrance fee, as well as the annual subscription, shall have been paid. 8. — The Secretaries, Editor, and Treasurer shall be elected for a term of five years, and, should a vacancy occur, it may be temporarily filled up by the Executive Committee (see Rule 10). At the expiration of the term of five years in every case it shall be competent for the Council to nominate the same officer, or another Member, for a further term of five years, unless a second candidate be proposed by not less than twenty-five Members of at least two years standing, as set forth below. In the September number of the Magazine preceding the retirement from office of the Secretaries, Editor, or Treasurer, the Council shall publish the names of those gentlemen whom they have nominated to fill the vacancies thus created ; and these gentlemen shall be deemed duly elected unless another candidate or candidates be proposed by not less than fifteen Members of at least two years’ standing. Such proposal, duly seconded and containing the written consent of the nominee to serve, if elected, in the capacity for which he is proposed, must reach the Business Secretary on or before the loth of September. The Council shall also publish yearly in the September number of the Magazine the names of those gentlemen nominated by them for the posts of Auditor and Scrutineer respectively. 9. — -The Members of the Council shall retire by rotation, two at the end of each year of the Society (unless a vacancy or vacancies shall occur otherwise) and two other Members of the Society shall be recommended by the Council to take the place of those retiring. The names of the two Members recommended shall be printed in the September number of The Avicultural Magazine'. Should the * Owing to the extra pressure of work, the October and November numbers are- liable to be late. 18 Buies of the Avicultural Society. Council’s selection be objected to by fifteen or more Members, these shall have power to put forward two other candidates, whose names, together with the signatures of no less than fifteen Members proposing them, must reach the Hon. Business Secretary by the 15th of September. The names of the four candidates will then be printed on a voting paper and sent to each Member with the October number of the Magazine, and the result of the voting published in the November issue. Should no alternative candidates be put forward, in the manner and by the date above specified, the two candidates recommended by the Council shall be deemed to have been duly elected. In the event of an equality of votes the President shall have a casting vote. If any Member of the Council does not attend a meeting for two years in succession the Council shall have power to elect another member in his place. 10.— Immediately after the election of the Council that body shall proceed to elect three from its Members (ex officio Members not being eligible). These three, together with the Secretaries and Editor, shall form a Committee known as the Executive Committee. Members of the Council shall be asked every year (whether there has been an election of that body or not) if they wish to stand for the Executive, and in any year when the number of candidates exceeds three there shall be an election of the Executive. The duties of the Executive Committee shall be as follows : (i) . To sanction all payments to be made on behalf of the Society. (ii) . In the event of the resignation of any of the officers during the Society’s year, to fill temporarily the vacancy until the end of the year. In the case of the office being one which is held for more than one year (e. g. Secretaries, Editor, or Treasurer) the appointment shall be confirmed by the Council at its next meeting. (iii) . To act for the Council in the decision of any other matter that may arise in connection with the busines of the Society. The decision of any matter by the Executive to be settled by a simple majority (five to form a quorum). In tke event of a tie on any question, such question shall be forthwith submitted*by letter to the Council for their decision. The Executive shall not have power (i) . To add to or alter the Rules : (ii) . To expel any Member ; (iii) . To re-elect the Secretaries, Editor, or Treasurer for a second term of office. It shall not be lawful for the Treasurer to pay any account unless such account be duly initialled by the Executive. Buies of the Avicultural Society. 19 It shall be lawful for the Business Secretary or Editor to pledge the Society’s credit for a sum not exceeding £15. Should a Member wish any matter to be brought before the Council direct, such matter should be sent to the Business Secretary with a letter stating that it is to be brought before the Council at their ,next meeting, otherwise communica¬ tions will in the first place be brought before the Executive. A decision of a majority of the Council, or a majority of the Executive •endorsed by the Council, shall be final and conclusive in all matters. 11. — The Editor shall have an absolute discretion as to what matter shall be published in the Magazine (subject to the control of the Executive Committee). The Business Secretary and Editor shall respectively refer all matters of doubt and difficulty to the Executive Committee. 12. — The Council (but not a Committee of the Council) shall have power to alter and add to the Rules, from time to time, in any manner they may think fit. Five to form a quorum at any meeting of the Council. 13. — The Council shall have power to expel any Member from the Society at any time without assigning any reason. 14. — Neither the Office of Scrutineer nor that of Auditor shall be held for two consecutive years by the same person. 15. — The Scrutineer shall not reveal to any person how any Member shall Rave voted. 20 The Society's Medal. The Society’s Medal. RULES. The Medal may be awarded at the discretion of the Committee to any Member who shall succeed in breeding, in the United Kingdom, any species of bird which shall not be known to have been previously bred in captivity in Great Britain or Ireland. Any Member wishing to obtain the Medal must send a detailed account for publication in the Magazine within about eight weeks from the date of hatching of the young and furnish such evidence of the facts as the Executive Committee may require. The Medal will be awarded only in cases where the young shall live to be old enough to feed themselves, and to be wholly independent of their parents. The account of the breeding must be reasonably full so as to afford instruction to our Members, and should describe the plumage of the young and be of value as a permanent record of the nesting and general habits of the species. These points will have great weight when the question of awarding the Medal is under consideration. The parents of the young must be the bona fide property of the breeder. An evasion of this rule, in any form whatever, will not only disqualify the breeder from any claim to a Medal in that particular instance, but will seriously prejudice any other claims he or she may subsequently advance for the breeding of the same or any other species. In every case the decision of the Committee shall be final. The Medal will be forwarded to each Member as soon after it shall have been awarded as possible. The Medal is struck in bronze (but the Committee reserve the right to issue it in silver in very special cases) and measures 24 inches in diameter. It bears on the obverse a representation of two birds with a nest containing eggs, and the words “ The Avicultural Society — founded 1894.” On the reverse is the following inscription : “ Awarded to ( name of recipient) for rearing the young of (name of species) a species not previously bred in captivity in the United Kingdom.” Avicultural Mag GUATEMALAN JAY, Xanthura cyanooapilla . 21 THE Avicultubal Magazine, BEING THE JOURNAL OF THE AVICULTURAL SOCIETY. Third Series. — Yol. VIII.— No. 1.— All rights reserved. NOVEMBER, 1916. JAYS, By Hubert D. Astley. The coloured plate illustrates a lovely member of an exceed¬ ingly attractive and handsome genus, but, like all the Jays, not to be trusted with smaller birds in an aviary. If our English Jaw arrived for the first time as a rare foreigner from some part of South America, aviculturists would exclaim at its beauty. The family of the Jays is divided up into various genera. The Blue Jay (North America and Canada) is Cyanocitta, as is the Crowned Jay (Mexico) and the Long-crested or Diademed Jay (Mexico and Western United States). The Pileated, the Blue-bearded, the Black-headed, and the Azure Jays are classed under Cyanocorax, whilst we have the subject of our coloured illustration, along with the Peruvian, Beechey s, Yucatan, and Hartlaub’s under the generic name of Xanthura. The Himalayan Jay, the Lanceolated, etc., are styled Garrulus, and so on. Blue and green are colours which Jays are often garbed in, and nothing is more beautiful than the patch of azure blue, barred with black, on the wing of our native bird. As a rule, Jays are either exceedingly tame or the reverse, but always exceedingly knowing, with eyes to the main chance. They are not easy to breed in captivity, for they are apt to devour their nestlings, especially if a bountiful supply of animal and insect food is wanting. Very omnivorous, Jays will eat meat, sparrows, potato, dog 22 On Jays. biscuit, fruit, etc., concealing portions of their food in various corners of an aviary, just as in wild life they will store away acorns or nuts until needed for consumption. A pair of Yucatan Jays, which I have had for some three years or more, refuse to allow any other bird to remain in peace in their aviary, and, much to my distress, murdered the female of a pair of North American Blue Jays, and so mauled the male that I only removed him in time to save his life. Yet the Blue Jays could fly much more swiftly than their Yucatan cousins, and were in splendid condition ; but the Yucatan Jays persevered in their bullying, never leaving them alone until they finally overpowered them. The Blue Jays seemed to have no idea of turning upon their attackers or of resisting the onslaughts in any way, in spite of their superior activity and equality in size. And these Yucatan Jays, after having lived in peace with a pair of Golden Pheasants, set upon them too one fine day, dashing and swooping at their heads until they also had to be removed to more tranquil quarters. These Yucatan Jays are extremely devoted to each other ; a true pair in magnificent condition, resembling small blue and black Magpies rather than Jays, with their longish tails. So it will be understood that any aviculturist who wishes to keep Jays of any species must be very careful as to what other birds are put in the same aviary, since in the case of my Yucatan Jays it means no other birds except dead sparrows ! Whilst on the subject, we might mention the Long-tailed Blue Jay of Mexico, which Mr. C. William Beebe describes as the grandest of all its race. In “ Two Bird-lovers in Mexico ” he wrote : “ Occasionally a tumultuous flock of Long-tailed Crested Blue Jays, or Magpie Jays, measuring ever two feet from head to tail, burst down the canyon ; twenty or thirty brilliant blue and white forms, graceful in every motion, with tall, recurved, fan-like crests, and tails so long and plume-like that the feathers undulate behind them as they fly. In cry and action they are thoroughly Jay-like, and in curiosity they equal any member of their family. Quietly hidden under thick brush, I often looked forward to an interesting hour’s watching of the wild life, when the sharp eyes of. one of these inquisitive birds would spy me out and put an end to alL Report of Council Meeting. 23 need of concealment in the vicinity. He would shriek and cry his loudest, alarming the most confiding species, and making every bird within a quarter of a mile uneasy and suspicious. Some of these Jays have white throats, outlined by a band of blue, while in others the whole throat and front of the neck is black. Perfect gradations existed between these two extremes, the difference being due solely to age. The Jays seemed to feed on anything — nuts, seeds, berries, insects, and even small birds, which, apparently paralysed with fear at the shrieks of the blue marauders, were an easy prey.” With regard to gradations of colours, mentioned by Mr. Beebe, it is curious that the little blue and black Yucatan Jay has the bill bright yellow for the first year of its life, after which it gradually changes to black, and one then has a small Magpie-shaped bird with black bill, head, and underparts, yellow legs, feet, and rim round eyes ; the upperparts, with wings and tail, being a uniform and very lovely shade of Kingfisher blue. Mr. Goodfellow brought from Ecuador for Mr. Brook, in the noted collection which arrived in London on September 7th, 1915, a lovely pair of all-blue Jays (? the Azure Jay), which unfortunately died a short time after of lung disease. They would have been most beautiful had they survived to acquire a fresh suit of clean feathers. Perhaps some other member will write for the magazine upon this interesting and handsome family. REPORT OF COUNCIL MEETING. A Council Meeting of the Society was held, by kind permission of the Zoological Society, at Regent’s Park on October 11th, 1916. The following members were present : Mr. Meade- Waldo (in the chair), the Hon. Editor (Mr. H. D. Astley), the Hon. Treasurer (Mr. B. C. Thomasset), the Hon. Secre¬ tary (Dr. L. Lovell-Keays), Miss Chawner, Mr. R. I. Pocock, Mr. D. Seth-Smith, Mr. A. Ezra, Miss Alderson. Letters of regret for non-attendance were received from : Mr. Shore Baily, Mr. St. Quintin, Mr. Willford, Dr. Butler, Mr. Ogilvie- • Grant, Mr. Trevor-Battye, Dr. Amsler. 24 Dr. E. Hopkinson, The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. The Hon. Secretary (Dr. L. Lovell-Keays) announced that, having offered his services to the army, he was obliged to retire from the post of Hon. Secretary. It was proposed by Mr. H. D. Astley and seconded by Mr. Ezra that the Society expresses its gratitude to Dr. L. Lovell-Keays for his valuable services rendered, and its great regret at his resignation. Miss Alderson accepted the vacant post of Hon. Secretary, and was elected to fill the same. A motion of regret was passed on the death of the late Colonel Boyd Horsbrugh, for many years a valued member of the Council and the Society. Dr. L. Lovell-Keays was elected to the Council in the place of Miss Alderson (who retires on becoming Hon. Secretary) and the Hon. Mrs. Algernon Bourke was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Colonel Horsbrugh. It was decided that the Hon. Secretary be instructed to ascertain the names of members entitled to medals, and that the medals be obtained and sent to them. The Hon. Treasurer (Mr. B. C. Thomasset) announced that, owing to two generous donations of £40 and £10 respectively to the illustration fund, the finances of the Society are in a more favourable condition, so long as members will pay their annual subscriptions regularly. The meeting then closed with a vote of thanks to the chair¬ man and the Zoological Society. THE BROWN-NECKED PARROT. (Pceocejohalus fuscicollis.) By Dr. E. Hopkinson. Some years ago I wrote for our Magazine an account of this Parrot, or rather of what I believe to be this species, though its range as given in the British Museum Hand-List does not include on the Brown-necked Parrot. 25 the Gambia. The only two Pceoccpliali given as occurring here are P. senegalus and rubricapillus. The second is, I believe, P. fuscicollis in its red-headed stage. At that time I see that I had little but bad to say of this Parrot as a pet, but this year a pair, which in every way belie what I formerly thought and wrote, having come into my hands, justice bids me make some attempt to remove the stigma I may have cast on these “ Bambaras,” as we call them in the Gambia, while at the same time I can take this opportunity to add to and modify, from further acquaintance, my first description of their plumage. This I will attempt first, and the best way to do this will be, I think, to repeat my notes on the plumage of the three birds I had then (1906) alive, and follow these with a description of my present pair. The whole plumage cycle of these Parrots is a * most interesting one, and appears, as far as my experience goes, to show three distinct phases. The first is characterised by brick-red head-markings, which are lost at the first or second moult and followed by the donning for a time of a wholly green and grey plumage without any red of any shade either on the head, legs, or wings. This is succeeded by a third stage, in which the grey and green is set off by scarlet shoulders and “ ankles ' — a real scarlet, quite different from* the first brick-colour. In one sex this brick-red m seems to persist on the forehead only for a period at any rate of this third stage, but whether the red forehead remains as a permanent sexual distinction I cannot as yet say, but hope that my present pair will settle this point. My 1906 birds I described (A vie. Mag., third series, vol. i, p. 107) as follows : “No. 1. A very old bird. . . . Whole head (including forehead), neck, and upper chest brown-grey, each feather with a darker centre ; a reddish tinge on chin. Back dusky green ; scapulars, flights, and tail dull black with a greenish tinge ; rump, upper tail-coverts, breast, abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts grass-green, brightest on the rump ; under wing-coverts dark green merging into grey. Edge of wing (at angle) and ring round lower end of thigh orange-vermilion. Sexes apparently alike. The beak, 26 Dr. E. Hopkinson, which is large and strong and looks out of all proportion to the size of the bird, is horn-coloured ; the cere a paler shade of the same colour. Legs black, iris dark brown. Length 12 in. “ No. 2. A younger but nearly adult bird. . . . Like No. 1, with a grey head, but the green of the rump and under surface was not so bright and there was no sign of vermilion on the angle of the wing or thighs. “ No. 3. A young but fully feathered bird with just a few tufts of down showing on the back and breast ; taken from the nest. The whole crown from forehead to nape bright brick-red (or rather a colour between brick-red and pink), with a pale wash of the same colour over the rest of the head, the ground colour of which is brownish-grey as in the adult. This red persists for four or five months after the bird leaves the nest, and during that time gradually changes into the grey of the adult, though some signs of it last till the first moult. In other respects the plumage resembled No. 2.” A. Whole head (including forehead), neck, and- throat, brown- grey, each feather with a darker centre. In the centre of the nape, however, is a dark green patch which shades into the back. On the chin and sides of throat the grey is tinged with dusky brick colour. The upper chest is a grey-green with no dark centres to the feathers. General colour above green, duller on the back and brighter on the wings and rump. Flight feathers black, with narrow green edges above and dark grey below. Tail black above, sepia brown below. Edge and internal surface of angle of wing and narrow “ anklets ” round the lower end of the leg feathers orange-vermilion. Under surface grass-green ; the breast, owing to the presence of dark centres to the feathers, duller than the other lower parts. B. Forehead and anterior third of the crown brick-red (or rather a colour between brick-red and pinkish). The green nape- patch seen in A. not very marked. Rest of head and remainder of plumage much the same as in A., but the green is throughout rather brighter and also tinged on the upper surface with bluish, and with yellow or yellowish on the lower. The red, too, on the wings and legs is more extensive and a bright vermilion or true soldier-scarlet without any orange shade. on the Brown-necked Parrot. 27 In both birds the irides are dark brown, the legs and ceres- grey, the beak horn-grey without black tip. These two birds are, I knowT, about sixteen months old at the present time, having been taken from the nest in March, 1915, and as they both came from the same nest are almost certainly a true pair, but which is which I do not know. A., the more soberly-clad bird, has more the appearance of maleness and is particularly pally with a Grey Parrot, which is almost certainly a hen ; but, on the other hand, the brighter colours of the other go a long way in support of his being a male, unless it turns out that in this species the female outshines her mate, as in the Eclecti of the East. We can now turn to their attractive qualities. Although they can hardly be called pretty, and their heavy build and huge beaks give them a rather clumsy appearance, one has to own that they are very striking-looking birds. This particular pair, too, in every way exemplify the adage, “ Handsome is as handsome does,” for they are in character and condition in every way the opposite of nearly every other “ Bambara ” I have known. They are the most confiding company-seeking pair of birds possible, and as gentle as lambs with all white men, though to the black the fiercest foes. To a white man they will come at any time and love to climb all over him, using their deadly-looking beaks to play with and nibble at his ears or fingers in the gentlest possible manner, and so far have never made a mistake and used them with evil intent, even under the influence of sudden excitement. Not one, however, of the *' boys” dare touch them, and at their or any other black man’s approach they set up a deafening din, and so have quite a real value as watchmen. Occasionally, when they have wandered too far, one of the boys has to be sent after them, but he can only retrieve them by getting them to climb on a cage or long stick, and this only after much perseverance on his part, and after still more resistance and torrents of bad language from the birds.* * [This is perhaps due, not so much to the skin colouring of the natives, as to their “auras” and vibrations, which are probably antagonistic, or, at any rate, unsympathetic. — Ed.] 28 Mr. E. J. Brook, These birds do not actually belong to me, but are left in my care by their owner, who has gone to East Africa, and who anyhow did not wish to take them home to lose them there from cold or on account of no facilities for their keep. From their earliest days they have been made much of, living loose in their owner’s camp when on the march or in his compound when at headquarters, and have never been caged except for the actual day’s march or at night. Now they are living on my verandah in Bathurst with wings sufficiently clipped to prevent their straying far, but not enough to prevent them reaching a favourite tree near by or to cause them to fall in a heap at every attempt at flight. Nearly every night I find them at dark in their cage, which they reach via the verandah steps, though occasionally they have to be hunted for at dusk ; but this never takes long, for they always make their whereabouts known by their voices. They have no longings for a night out. Against their charms, which are many, must, however, be put two great drawbacks — namely, their great destructiveness and their screaming powers ; but neither of these out here matters so very much, where one lives a practically outdoor life and where the things on which the huge beaks can work havoc are of small account ; but at home I am afraid that consideration for (or the hostility of) one’s neighbours, combined with a regard for one's furniture and other belongings, would soon cause their exile to the Zoo, in spite of all their endearing ways. BREEDING OF THE YELLOW-BREASTED GROSBEAK (Pheucticus chrysog aster), NANDAY CONURES, and GUTTURAL FINCH. I am sending these notes to report the rearing of the Yellow Grosbeak, Nanday Conures, and Guttural Finch. The Grosbeaks came to me in a collection from Ecuador, and when recovered from fihe long journey were placed in a good-sized aviary with an outside flight. The nest was built in the fork of a branch in the inner house, and was a very rough construction of coarse grass. The birds on the breeding of the Yellow -breasted Grosbeak. 29 would not use dry grass or hay that was offered them, but built the nest entirely. of green grass they pulled up in the flight. Two eggs were laid, of a bluish colour mottled on the rounded end. Incubation took about fourteen days, I think, and the young left the nest in about three weeks. For about a fortnight the young were fed entirely on insects, mostly mealworms, of which I luckily have plenty. By degrees seed seemed to take the place of live food, and now that the young are feeding themselves I do not think anything but seed and green food is taken. My observations on all these birds that I am reporting on are rather crude, partly owing to the wildness of the birds and partly to want of time to watch properly and take the necessary notes. The pair of Nanday Conures I have had for about two years They laid three eggs in a large parrot-breeding box, all of which proved fertile. The three young birds remained a very long time in the nest, and when they left it were so well grown that it was'difficult to distinguish them from the old ones. I can see no colour difference at all, but the tail is slightly shorter. There seemed to be two or three days between the hatching of the eggs, and there was an interval of three or four between each bird leaving the nest. I sometimes think the young are larger and better grown than the parent birds. There is nothing of particular interest to report on the rearing of these birds that is not common to the rearing of all parrots. The pair of Guttural Finches were obtained in Trinidad, and I have had them exactly a year. The nest, which was in a large mass of clematis, was built of grass and shaped like a deep egg-cup. Three eggs were laid ; they all hatched, and the three young birds are now on the wing. I am not quite sure to what extent the young were reared on insects, but certainly a good number were given, as the parents were 'constantly on the hunt for what they could find, and as the aviary is a large one there was no difficulty about an ample supply. I can say nothing about coloration, as I cannot get near enough to the birds to see the colour properly, and they are always so mixed up with foliage that a glass is not much good. B. J. Brook. Hoddarn Castle, Ecclefechan, X.D. 30 Mr. W. H. St. Quintin, [It will be recalled that Mr. Brook’s collection of biids from Ecuador was landed in England on September 7th, 1915, by Mr. Walter Goodfellow (c/. Avig. Mag., October, 1915). The Grosbeaks, which have successfully bred for the first time in Europe, are very handsome. Rather larger than a Virginian Cardinal, the male has black upper parts, with bold white spots on the wings and tail, and brilliant daffodil-yellow head and under parts. The female is greenish-yellow. We congratulate Mr. Brook on the success of breeding these rare birds. — Ed.] BREEDING OF THE LITTLE BUSTARD IN 1915, By W. H. St. Quintin. I am sorry that the numerous duties, which occupy most of us at the present time, have prevented me from sending in this communication earlier. It has long been my ambition to breed a Bustard ! Since 1886 I have never been without examples of the Great Bustard. I have had many clutches of eggs laid here, but once only was a chick hatched, which, from stress of weather, soon died, as I have recorded in vol. ii of the new series of the Magazine. From what I have seen, the smaller species, 0. tetrax, is a much easier subject to breed, given healthy, tame birds, and suitable surroundings. Though I have managed to keep 0. tarda in an apparently thoroughly healthy condition for long periods (a male died through an accident after being hei’e nine years, a female also through an accident after eleven years, while I have a female at this moment which was imported from Spain nineteen years ago), still their eggs, with the above single exception, have always been unfertile. Perhaps this is due to the impossibility of supplying sufficient insect food to such large birds at the season when, in the wild state, they would be largely supplementing their vegetable diet by grasshoppers, lizards, etc. LITTLE BUSTARDS AT SCAMPSTON HALL. (Otis tetrax.) on the breeding of the Little Bustard in 1915. 31 In the case of the smaller bird, of course, such insects as we supply, or as the birds pick up for themselves in their enclosures in fine weather, “go much further.” At any rate I have had, several times, fertile eggs laid by two out of the1 three females that I have kept. In 1912 a Little Bustard hatched two eggs, but the chicks were sorely tried by the wet season, and the mother bird was so shy that she did not take .advantage of our efforts to provide shelter for her young, and the one that survived longest died, when just beginning to feather, at fifteen days of age. Last summer my birds were in fine condition, a male and two females, all, I believe, birds of 1907. Until the grass gets up in their enclosure, which they share with a pair of Oyster Catchers and an Australian Thick-knee, the Little Bustards are shut up at night in a dry shed. As with all Bustards, their silky feathers do not turn rain well, and they are safer too on a floor of peat moss in damp weather, even on such light soil as we luckily have here. The two females winter quite well in a shed, but the male appears to feel the damp more, and I generally keep him between October and April in an aviary, which can be warmed by hot-water pipes. The male Little Bustard assumes the nuptial dress very much later than his bigger relative. In the case of Otis tarda, the chestnut pectoral bands and “ whiskers ” begin to show about the middle of December and he is in full dress by March, when tetrax is just beginning to put on his handsome neck and chest ornaments (here in East Yorkshire). As soon as his courting-dress is complete, the nature of the male Little Bustard alters. Hitherto a peaceable, inoffensive bird, he becomes transformed into an excitable little warrior, seemingly always spoiling for a fight. With short steps, head carried high, and tail depressed, neck feathers extended laterally, and eye blazing, he frequently runs to some selected spot, a bit of rising ground for choice, where be utters his curious double rattling note like miniature castanets, jerking his head back at the same time and finishing the performance by a leap in the air with a whistling “whip ” of his wings. The note “ carries ” several hundred yards. Whether the Great Bustard is polygamous or not, has been 32 Mr. W. H. St. Quintin, argued both ways, but there is no doubt that tetrax contents himself with one wTife. Last spring my bird would have killed the second female, after he had made his choice, if wTe had not removed her. Whether the male would have taken any share of the parental duties, I cannot say from last summer’s experience. I was only too glad to see the female settle down quietly to nest, for I knew that we could supplement her efforts to find insect food for the young, if hatched, and we removed the male to another enclosure. There have been varied statements as to the number of eggs laid by this bird. Authors have accepted too readily the statements of professional collectors, it seems to me. For example, Dresser, in ‘ Birds of Europe,’ quotes a Mr. Aksakoff as stating that he had found nine eggs in a nest which he had trodden upon, crushing the sitting bird. Another Piussian collector is in the same work mentioned as having “ stated positively that the bird lays from eight to twelve eggs.” Seebohm (‘ British Birds ’) records finding a nest with four eggs on the Danubian Steppes, on which the hen bird was sitting. Here I have never had more than three eggs laid in a clutch— and the nests of my birds have consisted of a hollow rubbed out, well protected by a canopy of coarse herbage, and lined with a little withered grass. My bird in 1915 laid three eggs, the clutch being complete on June loth. But, as there was a great quantity of rough g]^,ss in the enclosure, and we were afraid of disturbing the bird by too frequent investigations, I could not exactly say when she commenced to incubate. But in 1909 a single Little Bustard’s egg, placed under a Silky Hen, hatched on the twenty-first day, which deter¬ mines the length of the incubation period. Two chicks were hatched in the evening of July 2nd, the remaining egg proving unfertile. Up to the hatching day the weather was all that could he desired ; hut, unluckily, a very wet spell set in at that very critical time. Fortunately, as a precaution, we had got the bird quite accustomed to a light taken off a garden frame, which, when one day she was off at feed, was placed over the nest, supported so that there was plenty of air, and access to the nest from all sides. This, no doubt, saved the chicks, for we had torrents of rain in the next five days, aggregating L74 in. The mother bird kept the on the breeding of the Little Bustard in 1915. 33 young ones for the first day or two under the shelter of the light, and they were safely brooded there at night. When the chicks were three days old I watched their parent searching for food in the drenched grass, though the day was so wet and cold that she did not seem to be very successful in finding insects. When she picked a fly off the grass she ran off to where she knew the chicks were hidden up, and they answered to her clucking call and hurried up to take the insect from her bill. Luckily the bird is very tame, and she took mealworms readily, to feed to the young. On the fifth day both young birds picked up chopped egg from the ground freely. The next day the rain seemed so interminable that, though the risk was considerable, I decided to have the three birds moved to a shed with a dry earthen floor, where they soon settled down, and before night the mother was brooding the chicks quite comfortably. The young birds throve apace on a diet of mealworms, gentles, barley and Spratt’s meal, chopped egg and lettuce, and by July 22nd, when three weeks old, they were getting much more independent of the mother, whom they almost exactly resembled in plumage, the only difference that I could see being that, in the young, the iris was a good deal paler than in the adult, and that there was a well-defined buff streak down the centre of the crown of the head ; but on the feathers faded, this distinction became negligible. When five weeks old the young appeared certainly more than half grown. As there is some uncertainty about the plumage of the young male in its first year, whether it resembles the female, or whether, from the first, the markings on the upper parts are finer in the young male, I hoped the young might turn out to be a pair, so that we might settle this point. One of the young was slightly larger than the other, and seemed likely to be a male. However, unfortunately there was soon an opportunity of settling the sex of this bird, for somehow it hianaged to break one wing close to the shoulder, too high up to amputate, and, gangrene setting in, the poor little thing died on September 2nd. It proved on dissection to be a female. Now, when thirteen months old, the survivor resembles the 3 34 The Editor and Dr. Butler, parent exactly, though it is, if anything, slightly the larger of the two. I am inclined to think that this is also a female. I am sorry to add that this year I have had no further success. The same female went to nest again near her old place, and on June 16th had one egg. I cannot help thinking that she had lost some others ; anyhow she began to sit at once, and no more eggs were laid. All seemed well and she sat steadily till something disturbed her one night, and she left her egg containing a chick almost ready to break the shell. [Note made October 20th. — I was wrong ! Recently the bird has moulted, and is certainly a male. The spots on the flanks have gone, and the lower breast, which was tinged with ochre, is now, like the flanks, pure white. The new feathers on the shoulders are marked wflth fine wavy striations, instead of the coarse lines, and spots of the first year (and as in females at all ages). There apparently the change ends ; and, as the bird has not assumed the complete plumage of the adult, it seems probable that it will not take on the nuptial dress next spring, and that it will not breed. But it is evident that, as regards, plumage, the young of both sexes of 0. tetrax are, in their first year, undistinguishable from the adult female ; and that the young males partly assume the markings characteristic of the adult, at their first moult, when about fifteen months old.] THE COLLECTION OF BIRDS OWNED BY MONSIEUR JEAN DELACOUR AT VILLERS- BRETONNEUX. From an article written by Chevalier Debreuil, originally pub¬ lished in the 1 Bulletin of the National Society of Acclimatization ' of France,’ and translated by the Editor and Dr. Butler. It is on his beautiful property of Villers-Bretonneux, near Amiens, that M. Jean Delacour has created a veritable ornithological park. on the collection of birds oivned by Monsieur Jean Delacour. 35 The property, situated on the hills of Santerre, dominates the valley of the Somme ; in spite of its distance from the Channel, a matter of more than sixty kilometres, the influence of the sea makes itself distinctly felt, especially by the dominating west winds. Violent winds are frequent, and also fine and cold rain ; the bad weather is more prolonged than in the neighbourhood of Paris, and the temperature is often three or four degrees lower. The soil is a very fertile clay, with a subsoil of limestone. It was in 1907 that M. Delacour, who was then quite youthful, con¬ structed his first aviaries. They comprised : (1) Three flights of 32 square metres by 36 (a metre = about 1 yd. 3 in.), traversed by running water, and planted with shrubs and having roqsting-houses. These contain exotic passerine birds. (2) Five flights of 15 square metres, four containing galli¬ naceous birds, the fifth having fine wire meshing and a very warmed shelter ; this is tenanted by Waxbills and other small passerine birds. These five flights contain 150 birds, comprising thirty-one species. In 1911 the enclosures were added to. Eleven in number, they have an area of 2500 square metres ; most of them enclose a sheltering house, and are . traversed by running water. All have wire meshing of over 6 ft. in height, and the enclosures are planted with shrubs, etc. They contain gallinaceous birds, waders, etc. — thirty-eight species in all. There are other enclosures for Ostriches, Rheas, and Casso¬ waries. The piece of water, which stretches in front of the chateau, was enlarged during the winter of 1912-13. At that time M. Delacour was on military service, but this did not prevent him from actively directing the works which were being carried out. The piece of water is about 50 metres in diameter, with two islands, and is prolonged by a stream which is 70 metres in length and 4 in breadth. The pheasantry, which was commenced in the spring of 1913, was finished in the following winter, and encloses 43 flights from 3§ 36 The Editor and Dr. Butler, 10 to 50 square metres, 24 to the left and 19 to the right, separated by a domed pagoda. The whole length is 80 metres by 16 in breadth. Eleven of the flights communicate with a heated apartment. To the north and east there is a protecting wall, whilst to the south and west there is glass. Sixty-eight species of galli¬ naceous and other birds are represented. Short-winged Birds. Struthio camelus, Ostrich, 1 year, 1^,1 ? ; 27 eggs. Dromceus nova hollandice, Emu, 3 years, 1 , 1 $ ; 16 eggs. PJiea americana, S. American Rhea, 5 years, 2 , 3 ? ; 12 eggs. — — alba, S. American Rhea (white), 1 year, 1^,1 $ . Eudromia elegans, Martineta Tinamou, 1 year, 1^,1 $ ; 3 eggs. Nothura maculosa, Spotted Tinamou, 1 year, 2^,3 ? ; 11 eggs, 5 young. Rhynchotus rufescens, Rufous Tinamou, 1 year, 1 $ , 1 ? . Cranes, etc. Grus antigone, Eastern Sarus Crane, 4 years, 1^,1 ? . — cinerea, European Crane, 2 years, 1^,1$. Anthropoides paradisea, Stanley Crane, 2 years, 1 $ . — virgo, Numidian Crane, 5 years, 1^,1 ? ; 4 eggs. Balearica pavonina, Crowned Crane, 2 years, 1^,1 ? . Pseudotantalus leucocephalus, Indian Tantalus, 2 years, 1 $ . Ciconia alba, White Stoi'k, 5 years, 1 $ . Ardea cinerea, Heron, 2 years, 2^,2 ? . — cocoi, Cocoi Heron, 1 year, 1 $ . Hydranassa ruficollis, Red-necked Heron, 1 year, 1 <$ . Herodias alba, Great White Heron, 1 year, 1 £ , 1 2 . — egretta, Great American Egret, 1 year, 1 d , 1 ? . Leucophoyx candidissima, Snowy Egret, 1 year, 2^,2 $ . Botaurus stellaris, Bittern, 1 year, 1^,1$. Platalea leucorodia, Spoonbill, 1 year, 1^,2 ? . Ajaja ajaja, Roseate Spoonbill, 1 year, 1 £ • Pligalis falcinellus, Glossy Ibis, 3 years, 1 $ . Eicdociimis ruber, Scarlet Ibis, 1 year, 1 £ . on the collection of birds owned by Monsieur Jean Delacour. 37 Eudocimus albus, White Ibis, 1 year, 1 S' . Recurvirostra avocetta, Avocet, 2 years, 1 S , 2 $ . Pavoncella pugnax , Ruff, 4 years, 3 S' . Strepsilas interpres, Turnstone, 4 years, 1 S'. 1 2 . Porphyrio cceruleus, Purple Gallinule, 2 years, 1 S'. 1 2 . — ccesius, Blue Porphyrion, 1 year, 2 S' > 1 ? . Fulica atra, Coot, 3 years, 2 S . 2 2 • Gallinula chloropus, Moorhen, 3 years, 1 S > 4 2 • Waterfowl. Phcenicopterus roseus, Rosy Flamingo, 4 years, 2 S . Gygnus cygnus, Whooper, 3 years, 1 2 • — beicicki, Bewick’s Swan, 3 years, 1 S'. olor, Mute Swan, 3 years, 1 2 • melanocoryphus, Black-necked Swan, 3 years, 1 J1, 1 2 • Chenopis atrata, Black Swan, 3 years, 1 2 • Cereopsis novce-hollandice, Cereopsis Goose, 2 years, 1 S' » 1 2 ; 5 eggs, 5 young. Branta canadensis , Canadian Goose, 2 years, 1 S' » 1 ? ; I eggs. bernicla, Collared Bernicle Goose, 2 years, 1 S' > 1 2 • — leucopsis, Bernicle Goose, 4 years, 1 S' • Chloephaga magellanica, Upland Goose, 4 years, 1 S'. 1 2 ; 4 eggs. — rubidiceps, Ruddy-headed Goose, 1 year, 1^,1 2 • Chenonetta jubata, Maned Goose, 2 years, 1 S'. 2 2 ! 6 eggs. Cygnopsis cygnoides, Chinese Goose, 2 years, 1 S' . 3 2 ; 8 eggs, 5 young. Anser anser, Grey-leg Goose, 2 years, 1 S' , 1 2 • — albifrons, White-fronted Goose, 2 years, 1 S' » 1 2 • — fabalis, Oie des moissons, 2 years, 1 S' , 1 2 ■ — brachyrhynchus, Pink-footed Goose, 2 years, 1 2 • — indicus, Indian Goose, 2 years, 1 S . 1 2 • Chenalopex cegyptiacus , Egyptian Goose, 5 years, 1 S' > 2 2 ! 4 eggs. Casarca casarca, Ruddy Sheldrake, 5 years, 1 S' • — variegata, Variegated Sheldrake, 3 years, 1 S'. 1 2 ! 5 eggs. Tadorna tadorna, Common Sheldrake, 4 years, 2 S' . 2 2 • Sarcidiornis melanota, Black-backed Goose, 2 years, 1 S' . 1 2 • — carunculata , American Black-backed Goose, 2 years, 1 2 • 38 The Editor and Dr. Butler, Dendrocygna viduata, White-faced Tree-duck, 4 years, 1 d> > 1 ? » — autumnalis, Bed-billed Tree-duck, 3 years, 1 <$ , 1 ? . — fulva, Fulvous Tree-duck, 3 years, 1 £ > 1 $ • Nettium torquatum, Kinged Teal, 1 year, 1 $ , 1 $ . — formosum, Japanese Teal, 4 years, 5 6 $ . Querquedula circia, Gargancy, 4 years, 3 J , 1 ? . — crecca, Common Teal, 4 years, 2^,1 $ . Anas boschas, Wild Duck, 3 years, 1 <$ , 4 $ ; 40 eggs, 24 young. — superciliosa, Australian Wild Duck, 2 years. Chaulelasmus streperus, Gadwall, 2 years, 1^,1 ? ; 6 eggs, 2 young. Eunetta falcata, Falcated Teal, 1 year, 5^,1 ? . Spatula clypeata, Shoveller, 3 years, 2^,1 ? . Dafila acuta , Pintail, 3 years, 4^,3 $ . — spinicauda, Chilian Pintail, 3 years, 2 $ . Pcecilonetta bahamensis, Bahama Duck, 3 years, 1 , 1 ? . Mareca penelope, Wigeon, 3 years, 2 J, 3 ? . — sibilatrix, Chiloe Wigeon, 3^,2 $ ; 6 eggs. Aix sponsa , Summer Duck, 4 years, 7 rf, 5 ? ; 50 eggs, 11 young. — galericulata, Mandarin Duck, 7^,5 ? . Metopiana peposaca, Bosy-billed Duck, 3 years, 1 , 1 $ . Netta rufina, Bed-crested Pochard, 3 years, 1 J , 1 2 ? . Pigeons and Doves. Goura coronata, Common Crowned Pigeon, 3 years, 1 S'. 1 ? . — victories , Victoria Crowned Pigeon, 1 S' > 1 ? • Calanas nicobarica, Nicobar Pigeon, 1 year, 2 S') 2 ? . Phlogcenas luzonica , Bleeding-heart Pigeon, 4 years, 2 S' > 2 ? ; 8 eggs, 2 young. Ggophaps smithi, Smith’s Bronze-winged Pigeon, lyear, 2 S'. 2 ? . Lophophaps leucogastra, Plumed Ground-dove, 1 year, 1 S' . 2 ? . on the collection of birds owned by Monsieur Jean Delacour. 41 Phaps chalcoptera , Bronze-winged Pigeon, 1 year, 2^,2 5 . Chalcophaps indica, Indian Green-winged Pigeon, 1 year, 1 S > 1 S • Leptoptila plumbeiceps, Grey-headed Pigeon, 2 years, 4 3,5 ? . Golumba phceonota, Triangular-spotted Pigeon, 2 years, 1 c? , 1 ? ; 2 eggs. ■Columba leuconota, White-backed Pigeon, 1 year, 2 , 2 ? . Chlorcenas maculosa, Spotted Pigeon, 1 year, 1 ? . — speciosa, Specious Pigeon, 1 year, 1 ^ , 1 $. 4 eggs and 3 young hybrids between these two species. Ocyphaps lophotes, Crested Pigeon, 4 years, 2 2 $ ; 6 eggs, 2 young. Streptopelia tigrina, Trigrine Turtle-dove, 3 years, 1 c? , 1 ? . senegalensis, Senegal Turtle-dove, 3 years, 1 , 1 ? . humilis, Ruddy Turtle-dove, 3 years, 1 <$ , 1 ? . risoria, Barbary Turtle-dove, 3 years, 3 ^,4 ? ; in liberty, numerous young. Chalcopelia afra, Blue-spotted Dove, 4 years, 1^,1$ .* Geopelia humeralis, Bar-shouldered Dove, 3 years, 1 <$ , 1 ? ; 2 eggs, 1 young. — striata, Zebra Dove, 3 years, 1 across its yellow waistcoat ; two white patches or bars on the wings, and two or three at the end of the tail help to distinguish it. Parulas are wonderfully graceful little birds ; they are oftenest seen fluttering about near the outside twigs and branches of tall trees. They live chiefly on insects. They nest in Canada, where we often saw them, and they winter in Florida, where we also met them. Their song is a sweet “ thready ” little warble. The Bedstart, or Yellow-tailed Warbler [Setophaga ruticilla] , is a lovely little bird in the breeding season, for then his colouring is rich pinkish orange, with a shiny metallic-black head, a white breast shading to orange, black wings lined with orange, and a black and orange tail. During the rest of the year you may see a dull brownish-black bird which is difficult to recognise as your brilliant springtime acquaintance. The hens are yellow where the cocks are orange, the young are most like the hen. This Redstart has an odd sharp little note which it repeats several times in succession. It feeds on insects, dashing out at them with sudden short flight, spreading its tail like a Fantail Warbler. This bird, it is said, takes two years to reach its perfect plumage. The Myrtle Warbler [Dendroica coronata] has a grey-bluish back, the under parts are mottled and streaked with black, and it has two white bars on its wings, but the surest way of distinguishing it is by looking out for its four yellow patches, one on its head, one on its back and one on either side. It is a very common bird in Florida, but migrates as far as Canada. when the nesting-time comes. Myrtle Warblers live chiefly on myrtle and juniper berries and the like, and if food is plentiful and the weather fairly mild some birds may remain north even through the winter. The Black -throated Blue Warbler [Dendroica cceruleseens] is rather more a grey-blue bird than a really blue one, with a light grey head shading to dark above the tail, with black breast, sides, throat and cheeks, while the under parts are pure white ; a conspicuous white spot on the wings is a help towards identification. The nest is generally placed in low bushes, and in rather damp places in woods. 50 Lady William Cecil, The song is so very soft and low, and so difficult to hear, that I am not absolutely sure of having heard it, not having actually seen the bird singing. The hen is quite different from the little cock, she is dusky olive-green and palish dirty yellow, with only a faint tinge of the blue-grey. There is no fear of overlooking a Black and White Creeping Warbler [Mniotilta varia] . He is only found in America, and is the “ cutest ” little fellow imaginable. He is striped and splashed with black and white all over, and may be found clinging to tbe bark of trees like a tiny Woodpecker while he seeks his insect food. He alse flutters up and down the stems and branches like a Black-Poll Warbler. These creeping Warblers have a very small, soft song; you may watch them suddenly pause in the middle of their insect hunt to sing (< Twee-ek-ie, tweek-ie tw-e-e-e-e,” hardly above a whisper. The Oven-bird, or Teacher [Seiurus aurocapillus] , is a small Wood- Warbler, which gets its first odd name from the curious oven¬ like nest it builds on the ground, like a wee mole-heap with a doorway at the side. Its second name is from its call-note, which sounds like “Teacher, teacher,” many times repeated, and getting louder at each repetition. Oven-birds are very shy little fellows, and become almost paralysed with fear at the approach of a possible enemy, human or animal. As well as its odd call-note, the Oven-bird has a very lovely song, which occasionally may be heard in the nesting season. I had the good luck to hear it once, and to see the bird as he sang. He hovered in the air, almost like a Lark, but among the tall forest trees instead of over open ground, and he sang his wonderful little song as he hovered, and then dropped suddenly to the ground, and was hidden in the undergrowth. He is a sombre-coloured little bird, greenish-olive above and white underneath, his breast spotted wtih dark lines and dots. He has a white eye ring ; the only bit of brightish colour is his orange-brown cap, edged with black, which justifies his third name of Golden-crowned “Thrush,” though he is no Thrush ! The Summer Yellow Bird [Dendroica aestiva] deserves his charming name. He is really yellow ; above slightly tinged with olive, below bright yellow with a few streaks of burnt sienna. He Notes on a few American Warblers. 51 has a mild little song of four or five little “cheeps” constantly varied in tone. It is said the Cow-birds often lay their eggs in this Warbler’s nest, and that the little owner of the nest builds another storey over the intruding egg, and that nests with as many as three stories have been found built over three different Cow-birds’ eggs. I found a Summer Yellow Bird’s nest (near Napanee) ; it was most beautifully made of fine grass and thistle-down and fern-down. It certainly had a sort of rudimentary double floor, but there were no eggs in it, either its own or Cow-birds’, for whatever there were had long been hatched and the birds flown, as it was the end of July. The Canadian Warbler, or Canadian Flycatcher [Sylvania canadensis] , as it is sometimes called, lives in damp woods, where it can find plenty of insects. It catches them on the wing, as well as picking them off plants and trees. Its colouring is grey above with black streaks on its bead ; its breast is yellow, with a row of black marks across it, set like a Lord Mayor’s chain of office. Its song is louder than that of most Warblers, but very sweet and clear. The Blackburnian, Hemlock Warbler, or Torch Bird [Dendroica blackburniae] , is lovely. His head is bright orange and black ; his throat and breast are orange, shading into whitish ; his back, tail, and wings are black and white, and he is altogether as smart a little fellow as you could wish to see. Fluttering among the dark trees of the Canadian forests I have watched little couples of Torch Birds, the brightly-coloured little cock, and his dull-coloured mate, busy with their family cares and affairs which the little cock bird varies by stopping now and again to sing a little pleasant warble, unremarkable, but full of sweetness. Their winter home is in the South, where they go some time in September. Another Warbler, rather a rare one too in North America, is the Prothonotary , or Florida Warbler [Prothonotaria citrea] . He is bright yellow, grey and olive, with white marks on his tail which show when he flies. He has rather a long bill for a Warbler. We made his acquaintance at Eau Galee in Florida, but I never heard his song. He does not migrate far North, hardly beyond the swampy forests of the Southern States. 52 Lady William Cecil, The Bay-breasted Warbler [Dendroica castanea] has a reddish breast, in fact really “bay its crown too is the same colour, its back greenish and black streaky. It has black cheeks and forehead, and white bars on its wings; a white patch on either side of the neck is a good identification mark. This little bird is also called the Autumnal Warbler, I suppose because its breast is so like the colour of a withered leaf. Bay-breasts are genei'ally found in the tall trees of the Canadian forests, but often come, in small flocks, to feed in gardens and hedgerows. We first met the Magnolia Warbler [Dendroica maculosa] in Canada, and renewed our acquaintance near New Orleans, at the opposite ends of his migratory journey. His back is black, with olive shading, and underneath he is all bright, clear yellow. His blue-grey cap, with a white line behind and a broad black band all round, and a large white spot on the wings, and white across the middle of the quills of the tail, distinguish him very well. The Magnolia Warbler’s song is a clear, distinct, quick whistle, which he seems thoroughly to enjoy singing. The Western Warbler [Dendroica occidentalis] is much like the Black-throated Green Warbler, and seems to take its place from the “ Rockies ” to the Pacific. It is olive greyish above, with crown and sides of the head a clear yellow. The Western has no black line running through the eyes like the Black-throated Green Warbler; the breast and chin are black in both birds. The Western Warbler’s song is very sw’eet, though it consists of only two or three notes. It builds high up in the forest trees. Unknown to us a pair had built in a tall pine in a clearing we were making in our garden in British Columbia. The tree was cut down, and the pretty little nest of moss and grass was destroyed. I was thankful to find that the very next day the little couple were very busily employed in building themselves a new abode, where in due time a small family was safely hatched and fledged. The Worm-eating Warbler [Helmintherus vermivorus] is a difficult bird to see, as it “keeps itself to itself ” and has not much song to attract a listener. It is, however, easily distinguished by its striped pale yellowish-cream and black head, and its pale-coloured feet. Its back is olive brown, and underneath it is cream shading to Notes on a few American Warblers. 53 white. These Warblers live on insects, and I suppose worms, though I have never caught them “ worming.” They build on the ground, and generally fly low, keeping to the lowest branches and undergrowth in the woods. Just north of El Paso, on the Rio Grande, we had (by a very fortunate chance) a passing glimpse of a rare bird, the Painted Flycatcher [Septophaga picta] , one of the Flv-catching Warblers. There was no mistaking its exquisitely shiny black head and crimson- red colouring, with conspicuous white feathers in its tail which it showed very distinctly when flying. This is more properly a Mexican bird, but strays as far north as Arizona. The one we met was evidently on its journey northward when we saw it about the second week in April. The Polyglot, or Yellow- -breasted Chat [Icteria virens] , is really a Warbler and not a Chat. It is quite the largest of the Warbler family, and is justly celebrated for its wonderful voice, which is not so much one song, as a sort of pot-pourri like all sorts of different birds’ songs. For this reason it is sometimes called the Yellow Mocking-bird, though the quaint medley is really its own invention. These birds sing by moonlight, a la Nightingale. They are also said to be able to ventriloquize. Another of their peculiarities is their curious flight, for they sometimes “ tumble ” in the air like tumbler pigeons. Their colouring is very simple, just olive-green with a yellow breast, but their best distinguishing marks are their large size and the white line above and below the eyes and on either side of the throat. The Prairie Warbler [Dendroica discolor] is another pretty little olive and yellow bird. It may be easily identified by the black markings on its yellow sides, running up towards the throat in two points, and also by the brick-red spots between the shoulders. This little Warbler, unlike most of its fellows, prefers open country to the woods. They may be seen in clearings and prairie land, among the scrub, darting out to catch their fragile insect prey, or sitting on the topmost twig of a bush singing rather a pretty little song. They carefully place their nests in thorny bushes. The Maryland Yellow -throat, or Black-mashed Warbler [Geo- thlypis trichas] has a greenish-brown back and head and a light yellowish throat and breast, and he wears a very distinct black mask. 54 Notes on a few American Warblers. This little Warbler builds as near the ground as possible, preferring the* very evil-smelling skunk-cabbage in which to place his nest, certainly a safe place ! He has rather a nice little song, of three or four notes, which it is said calls “Follow me, follow mee-e.” Late in the summer I watched one rising, almost lark-like, as it sang. It has also a sharp call, or warning note. The Black-throated Grey Warbler [Dendroica nigrescens] is another of the few that have hardly any yellow feathers. He is nearly all grey, black and white, with a yellow spot in front of each eye. He is one of the smaller Warblers, being barely five inches long. He lives in the forests “ out West,” where we may see him flying about among the tall trees, where he builds, and sings a pretty little warbling song. “ Way down South ” the Louisiana Water Thrush [Seiurus motacilla] , which is really a small Warbler, enchants us with its song. Its colouring is certainly Thrush-like, -with wee speckled breast. In the swampy woods near New Orleans, or inland from Pensacola and thereabouts, its delicious clear, high voice may be heard. This Warbler nearly always builds its nest in some inaccessible place, over water, in the low fork of tree, or upturned root. In summer they come further North, even to the range of the Northern Water Thrush, which there takes its place. The Northern Water Thrush [Seiurus noveboracensis] is also a Wood Warbler. It is a little smaller than the Louisiana Water Thrush, and its voice is not quite so varied and clear, yet I have listened with delight to the sweet trills, a sort of series of sharp, clear notes. This Warbler has also very much the colouring of the common Thrush of Europe, in fact it looks like a miniature. They build “ far from the madding crowd ” on the ground. Curiously enough, we heard them singing in August in the woods near Livingstone, where we watched two or three of them by a little rocky, mossy stream. I suppose in that rather high altitude they nest later than on the lower levels. I have seen and watched ever so many other Warblers, but it would be tedious to enumerate them all.* Those who are interested in these small birds will find them well worth study, should they * [We hope that Lady William Cecil will give us some more records of her very interesting observations. — Ed.] Anecdote of the breeding of the Grey Parrot in England. 55 spend any time in the Northern part of the new world. It would also be interesting to trace them further South, through Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. I have noticed several North American birds in Cuba and elsewhere that I have again seen in Canada, and it is always a happy incident when the little friend is recognised. And what an exciting moment is the sight of some rare or unexpected specimen, and how well worth a long day’s journey, every bird-lover will understand. ANECDOTE OF THE BREEDING OF THE GREY PARROT IN ENGLAND. “ In a former number (‘ Zoologist,’ p. 104) is recorded an instance of the Grey Parrot having laid eggs in this country. The circum¬ stances under which this occurred are sufficiently curious, and deserving notice, but the following particulars are still more curious, relating, as they do, to the complexion of the process of incubation in the production of young birds, and may, I trust, prove interesting to the readers of the ‘ Zoologist.’ Two Grey Parrots ( Psittaciis erithacus) were purchased in the market of Sierra Leone in 1840, when about six months old. They were brought to England, and then separated, one being domiciled at Hull, the other at Riccall, near York. In February, 1842, they were united at Riccall, and in the July following the female laid three eggs. She made no nest, and the eggs were taken from her. They were perfectly white, and about the size of a pigeon’s egg. On June 10th, 1843, she again commenced laying, and laid two eggs. A nest was now made for her of flannel, and placed in a copper near the fire-place, where the old bird sat exactly four weeks, and one bird was hatched. This bird was reared, and is now in London. She again began laying in November last, and produced three eggs; on these she sat four weeks, and two birds were hatched ; one of these soon died from cold, but the other is still living, and is a very fine bird. The cock bird occasionally assisted the female in sitting on the eggs. I have not had time to search for similar instances, but it is probable that some might be found, though they are certainly matters of rare occurrence. 56 An ancient Cockatoo. I have thought it best to give a complete history of the birds down to the present time, and for the power to do so, I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. R. Fielding, the intelligent surgeon of the place where the fact occurred. It is strange that a second brood should have been hatched so late in the year as November ; even in birds of our own climate, this would have been considered an extraordinary circumstance, but how much more so in the transplanted inhabitant of a tropical climate. The natural number of eggs appears to be three, though in the instance to which I have alluded at the beginning of this notice, seven are mentioned as the number. It is probable that this mention of the fact of the Grey Parrot breeding in this country may induce others, who have had opportunities of noting similar instances, to give the result of their observations to the pages of the ‘ Zoologist,” which journal may be considered a scrap-book, and this must be my apology for sending to its pages the above rough and imperfect contribution to the history and habits of the Grey Parrot. — Beverley R. Morris, M.D., York, August 26th, 1844.” I came across the above interesting record on p. 725 of the second volume of the ‘ Zoologist,’ published in 1844. It is possible that this curious account of the breeding of the Grey Parrot in captivity will be overlooked in the future, as there cannot be very many copies of the large volume of the ‘ Zoologist ” in our libraries ; I therefore thought it well to bring this record into the light of the present day. The pair of Grey Parrots must have been remarkably tame to sit on eggs in a copper vessel placed near a fire, probably in a kitchen, and to have brought off and reared two fine young birds. W. H. Workman. AN ANCIENT COCKATOO. ‘Country Life’ of November 11th publishes a photograph of “ The oldest inhabitant of Sydney,” a White Cockatoo, which died last May at the age of 119 years. The photograph looks like some weird reptile with a few bedraggled feathers sparsely scattered over its body. The upper mandible (why was it not clipped?) is enor¬ mously elongated, almost touching the bird’s breast. It was hardly kind to permit this poor old rag-bag to live so long. NEST OF YELLOW WINGED SUGAR-BIRD. August, 1916. YOUNG YELLOWWINGED SUGAR-BIRD Photos, by Miss E. Chawner. Adlard & West Newman. Notes on young Yellow-winged Sugar-birds. 57 NOTES ON YOUNG YELLOW-WINGED SUGAR-BIRDS. By Miss E. F. Chawner. As announced in the August and September numbers of The Aviciiltural Magazine , my Yellow-winged Sugar-birds went to nest again soon after the death of their first family. The hen began to sit July 17th, and the first egg hatched out July 29th, the other, the day after. Exactly a week later their eyes opened, and they left the nest August 13th. The younger bird died the next day, but the other throve, was well feathered, began to feed itself August 23rd on over-ripe banana and a little sop, and just when success seemed assured it became ricketty, lost the use of its wings, and died on the 31st. This brood had the advantage of the hot spell in July, and consequently developed faster and left the nest a full week earlier than the first family had done. They were reared on those little grey moths which abound in pasture at that season, with occasional caterpillars, crane-flies, and stick-insects ; no mealworms. The hen altered her proceedings this time and took as many insects as her beak would hold to the nest at once instead of making a separate journey with each item. She began to give sop as well as insects when the young were a fortnight old, and gradually fed them on it altogether. She was, as before, a most devoted and careful mother, and it certainly was not her fault that both nestlings were not fully reared ; the weather was magnificent and everything in my favour. I feel, therefore, that there must have been mismanagement on my part. If the parent birds live until the next nesting season comes round I shall hope to do better ; meanwhile, if anyone will be kind enough to point out how I went wrong I shall be extremely grateful. [Miss Chawner deserves complete success next year, and we trust she will have it. One does not understand how she could have done more. — Ed.] 58 The Editor and Dr. Butler, THE COLLECTION OF BIRDS OWNED BV MONSIEUR JEAN DELACOUR AT VILLERS- BRETONNEUX. (Continued from Page 41.) Parrots. Ara ararauna, Blue and Yellow Macaw, 3 years, 1 . — chloroptera, Bed and Yellow Macaw, 1 year, 1 . — severa, Severe Macaw, 2 years, 1 £ . — macao, Bed and Blue Macaw, 1 year, 1 . Cacata sulphurea, Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, 2 years, 1 . — hematuropygia, Bed-vented Cockatoo, 2 years, 1 . — moluccensis, Bed-crested Cockatoo, 1 year, 1 £ , 1 $ . Eclectics pectoralis, Bed-sided Eclectus, 1 year, 1 J , 1 $ . Lorius garrulus, Chattering Lory, 2 years, 1 . Trichoglossus novce-hollandice, Swainson’s Lorikeet, 3 years, 1 J , 1 ? . mitchelli, Mitchell’s Lorikeet, 1 year, 1 ^,1 $ . rubritorques, Bed-collared Lorikeet, 1 year, 1 ^,1 ? . Palceornis torquatus, Indian Bing-necked Parrakeet, 2 years, 1 , 1 2 . Conurus pertinax, St. Thomas’s Conure, 2 years, 1 J , 1 ? . Pyrrhura rhodocephala, Bed-headed Conure, 1 year, 1 . Cyanolyseus patagonus, Lesser Patagonian Conure, 1 year, 1^,1 ? . Conurus nanday, Black-headed Conure, 3 years, 1 <^, 1 ? . Platycereus eximius, Bosella Parrakeet, 2 years, 1 <§ , 1 2 ■ elegans (Gm.), Pennant’s Parrakeet, 2 years, 1 <$ , 1 $ . pallidiceps, Mealy Bosella, 2 years, 1 $ , 1 2 ■ browni, Brown’s Parrakeet, 1 year, 1^,1 $ . Agapornis nigrigenis, Black-cheeked Lovebird, 2 years, 1 £ , 2 ? . — pullaria, Bed-faced Lovebird, 1 year, 1 $ , 1 $ . — cana, Madagascar Lovebird, 2 years, 2^,2 ? . Psittacula ptasserina, Blue-winged Parrotlet, 3 years, 2^,2 2 • Melopsittacus undulatus, Budgerigar, 5 years, 5 J , 5 $ ; 10 young. Passerine Birds, etc. Turacus buffoni, Buffon's Touracou,* 2 years, 1 1 2 ; 2 young. Bamphastus discolorus, Green-billed Toucan, 1 year, 1 ^,1 2 • * The Touracos laid 8 eggs and had 8 young in 1914. They only reared one killing the others. In 1915 they killed the first pair and reared the second pair. They have lately (Oct., 1910) reared another young one. on the collection of birds owned by Monsieur Jean Delacour. 59 Pteroglossus castanotis , Chestnut-eared Aracari, 1 year, 1 J, 2 $ . Selenidera maculirostris, Spot-billed Toucanet, 1 year, 9^,2 $ . Aulacoramphus prasinus, Green Toucanet, 2 years, 2^,3 $ . Momotus momota, Motmot, 2 years, 1 £ . Conms fnonedida, Jackdaw, 2 years, 1 <§ . Urocissa sinensis, Chinese Blue-pie, 3 years, 1 $ , 1 ? . Dendrocitta rufa, Wandering Tree-pie, 1 year, 1^,1 2 . Xanthura inca, Peruvian Jay, 4 years, 2 2 ? . — cyanocapilla, Guatemalan Jay, 4 years, 3^,3$ .* * If from Mexico it is X. luxuosa. ■Garrulus lanceolatus, Lanceolated Jay, 1 year, 1 $ . Garrulax leucolophus, White-crested Jay-thrush, 1 year, 1 £ , — albigtdaris, White-throated Jay-thrush, 1 year, 1^,1 ? . Trochalopteron rufigularis, Eed-throated Laughing-thrush, 1 year, 1 (?, 1 ?• ■Gracida religiosa, Lesser Hill-mynah, 4 years, 1 <£ , 1 ? . Lamprocolius ceneus, Long-tailed Glossy Starling, 5 years, 1 <$ , 1 ? . — acuticaudus, Wedge-tailed Glossy Starling, 5 years, 2 $ . — sycobius, Green Glossy Starling, 4 years, 1 9 . — chlor opter us, Green-winged Glossy Starling, 4 years, 1 es, Yellow-headed Marsh-bird, 2 years, 1 SA 1 ?• Merula merula v. alba, White Blackbird, 2 years, 1 S' > 1 ? . Melanotis ccerulescens, Bluish Thrush, 2 years, 1 S' . Mimocichla rubripes, Bed-legged Cuban Thrush, 2 years, 1 S' . Pomatorrhinus erythrogenys, Scimitar Babbler, 3 years, 1 S' . Copsycus uiacrourus, Shama, 4 years, 1 S' . — saularis, Dhyal Bird, 5 years, 1 S' . Chimarrhornis leucocephala , 1 year, 1 S' . Chloropsis aurifrons, Gold-fronted Fruit-sucker, 2 years, 2 S'- Paradisea apoda, Great Bird of Paradise, 1 year, 1 S' . Cyanops davisoni, Davison’s Barbet, 1 year, 1 S' . Myiadestes obscurus, Solitaire (Clarino), 1 year, 1 3 . Stoparola melanops, Yerditer Fly-catcher, 1 year, 1 S , Tanagra ornata, Archbishop Tanager, 3 years, 1 S' . Tachyphonus coronatus, Crowned Tanager, 2 years, 2 S' > 1 ? . Tanagra episcopus, Bishop Tanager, 2 years, 4 $ , 2 $ . — cyanocephala, Blue-headed Tanager, 1 year, 3 S'- Bamphoccelus brasiliensis, Scarlet Tanager, 3 years, 3 S'. 1 ? . Calliste tricolor, Three-coloured Tanager, 1 year, 4 1 $ . Euphonia violacea ,* Violet Tanager, 1 year, 3 S' . Dacnis cayana, Blue Sugar-bird, 1 year, 1 S' , 1 $ . Chlorophanes spiza, Black-headed Sugar-bird, 2 years, 1 S' , 1 ? . Nectarinia famosa, Malachite Honeysucker, 1 year, 1 S'- Cinnyris zeylonica. Amethyst-rumped Honeysucker, 1 year, 1 S' . 1 ? . — asiatica, Purple Honeysucker, 1 year, 1 S' • — amethystina, Gold-fronted Honeysucker, 1 year, 1 S' • Ccereba cyanea, Yellow-winged Sugar-bird, 2 years, 4 S' . 1 ? • * The Buff Tanager is E.muSica (Gm.). on the collection of birds owned by Monsieur Jean Delacour. 61 Ccereba ccerulea, Purple Sugar-bird, 1 year, 2 $ . Liothrix luteus, Red-billed Liothrix, 5 years, 5 £ , 4 ? • Mesia argentauris, Silver-eared Mesia, 2 years, 1^,1 ? . Otocompsa emeria or jocosa, Red-eared Bulbul, 3 years, 2 $ , 1 $ . Gubernatrix cristata, 3 years, 1 £ , 1 $ ; 4 eggs, 2 young. Cardinalis virginianus, Virginian Cardinal, 4 years, 3^,2 ? . Paroaria cucullata, Red-crested Cardinal, 4 years, 2^,1 $ . — larvata, Red-headed Cardinal, 4 years, 1 $ , 1 ? . Guiraca ccerulea, Northern Blue Grosbeak, 2 years, 2 . Hedymeles ludovicianus, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 2 years, 1 ^ , 1 $ . melanocephalus, Black-headed Grosbeak, 2 years, 1^,1?. Eophona per sonata, Japanese Hawfinch, 1 year, 2 Gyanospiza ciris, Nonpareil Bunting, 2 years, 6 ^ , 3 $ . — versicolor, Varied Nonpareil, 2 years, 1 $ . — leclancheri, Rainbow Bunting, 2 years, 4^,1 $ . — cyanea, Indigo Bunting, 2 years, 7 $ , 2 $ . Munia oryzivora, Java Sparrow, 6 years, 3^,3 $ . — — var. alba, White variety, 6 years, 5 ^ , 6 ? ; 4 young. — malacca, Three-coloured Mannikin, 4 years, 2 , 2 $ . — maja, White-headed Mannikin, 4 years, 2^,2 $ . — ferruginosa, Javan Maja-finch, 4 years, 2