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The Council of the New South Wales Zoological Society pre- 

 sented a number of specimens from their menagerie, amongst 

 which may be mentioned a fine Blue and Yellow Macaw (Ara 

 ararauna, Linn.), and a Ruddy Sheldrake (^Casarca futila, Pallas). 

 Mr. G. Savidge, of Oopmanhurst, who has been a long and con- 

 stant contributor, forwarded Heine's Ground Thrush (Geocichla 

 heinii, Cabanis), and two nestling Delicate Owls (Strix delicatula, 

 Gould). Mr. Summerhays Jeboult presented several birds obtained 

 about Rand wick and Botany, including a Little Water Crake (Por- 

 zana palustriSyGould), and a Little Bittern (Ardetta mi7iuta,'Linn.). 

 From Mr. T. F. Josephson we received a Pectoral Rail ( Hypotce- 

 nidia philij)pensis, Linn.); from Mr. S. Harvey, a beautiful White 

 Goshawk (Astur novce-hollaiidice, Gmel.) ; from Mr. E. J. Cook, a 

 very fine example of the Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax, Lath.), 

 from Jenolan; from Mr. F. H. Galbraith, a Red-necked Avocet 

 ( Recurvirostra novcR-hollaiidice, Yie'xW.); from Mr. J. Stein, a 

 Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua^ Gould). Our most constant and 

 regular contributor, Mr. H. Newcombe, forwarded three Pectoral 

 Rails, a White Ibis (Ihis molucca, Cuvier), and other birds. A 

 rarity reached us, and a welcome addition to our Reference Collec- 

 tion, from Uralla, a Black-eared Cuckoo (Misocnlius palliolatus, 

 Lath.); and from Fiji, the White-breasted Wood Swallow ( Artamus 

 mentalis, Jard.), where it is said to feed on the Bot-fly. From the 

 little-visited Nawado, or Pleasant Island, Messrs. F. Dan vers 

 Power and E. A. Stephen brought us Rehse's Reed Warbler 

 ( Arcocephalus rehsei, Finsch). 



A very interesting addition to our series of nests of native 

 birds, consisted of the nest and three nestlings in down of the 

 Tawny-shouldered Frog Mouth (Podargus strigoides, Lath.), pre- 

 sented by Mr. R. Lennard ; a nest of the Yellow-breasted Scrub 

 Wren (Sericornis citreogularis. Gould), was forwarded by Mr. 

 H. S. Mort; the nest and eggs of the White-fronted Epithianura 

 (E. albi/rons, J. & S.), by Mr. A. M. N. Rose; and from the far 

 north, Mr. Bertie L. Jardine, of Cape York, sent the nest and two 

 eggs of the Masked Bush Warbler (Gerygone personata, Gould). 

 The largest contributors of nests, however, were Mr. E. H. Lane 

 and Mr. North personally. The former forwarded seven from 

 the neighbourhood of Orange, and the latter collected fifteen in 

 the home district. 



For some time past I have made strenuous efforts to obtain the 

 nests and eggs of birds acclimatised in Australia. We so far 

 possess those of the Sparrow [Passer domesticus, Linn.), the 

 Indian Spotted Dove (Turtur surateiisis, Gmel ), the Starling 

 (Sturnus vulgaris, Linn.), and the Greenfinch ( Fringilla chloris, 

 Linn.) 



A most acceptable gift was received from Dr. P. Herbert 

 Metcalfe, Resident Medical Officer at Norfolk Island, consisting 



