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Java Sparroxo. — A good specimen of the Java Sparrow was shot wild 

 in the woods a few miles from here, in company with another of its 

 species. It is the only one I ever heard of being shot, and I am con- 

 fident it is a wild bird from its appearance, also from the circumstance 

 of its having another bird with it. If it had escaped from any cage, it 

 would have been alone; if the other had escaped with it they would have 

 been sure to separate before they got into the woods; therefore I imagine 

 there must have been a flight of them; this was shot by a boy, but he 

 could not get near the other, — J. B. Wateus, Bird-stuflFer, Hochester, 

 August, IS.jG. 



I have not the slightest doubt of the above-mentioned birds having escaped from confine- 

 ment. If kept in a cage togetlier tliey would naturally consort together afterwards. Birds 

 are often seen in the most perfect state of plumage in large cages. — F. 0. Moiaiis. 



Occurrence of the Hose-coloured Pastor, (Turdus roscus,) 172 CainiridgesJiire. 

 — A female of this rare bird was shot at Fulbourn, July 21st., 18uG. — ■ 

 Samuel Parker Savill, 13, llegent Street, Cambridge. 



Hoopoe, (Upupa epops.) — On April 22nd., 18d6, a specimen in adult 

 plumage was shot at Great Thurlow, Suffolk: on dissection it proved to 

 be a female. — Idem. 



Untirfs nf Jilm l^uhlirittions. 



Preparing for Publication by Subscription. Price 5s. paper cover, or 7s, 

 interleaved, bound in roan. Jottings in Australia, being Notes on the Flora 



. and Fauna of Victoria, with a Catalogue of the more common Plants, their 

 Habitats, and time of Floioering. By Samuel Hannaford, Esq., Author 

 of ''Flora "^I'ottoniensis," and late Honorary Secretary of the Victoria 

 Horticultural Society. 



This little Work has been undertaken from the want which the Author 

 feels assured others have felt in common with himself, on newly arriving 

 in this country, of a Work which would afford some information, written 

 in a popular form, relative to the more common Birds, Insects, Plants, 

 etc., met with in their daily rambles. All that is published on the Natural 

 History of Australia is scattered through the writings of Travellers, or 

 written in the I^atin tongue, which, however familiar to a skilled Botanist, 

 is rather apt to damp the ardour of the young Student. These "Jottings," 

 it is hoped, will supply that want, as they will be published in a conve- 

 nient form for the pocket, and interleaved to admit of copious Notes being 

 made, and are intended merely as preliminary to Works of a more scientific 

 character. 



Commuuicatioas may be addrcs/scd to the Publishers, Messrs. James J. 



