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Assam, Arakan and Buimah, and that it ascends mountain ranges up to 

 4.000 feet and upwards, and lives in parties of five, six, or more, frequenting 

 the ldftiest trees near the summit, and wandering from tree to tree — its food 

 consists of various fruits with occasional insects. 



The Malayan race (/. malayensis) differs in having the under tail 

 coverts reaching to the end of the tail — this species is figured in Horsfield's 

 Zool. Res. in Java. 



Yet another species (/. cyanogastra) from the Philippines is figured ill 



"Gray's Genera of Birds." 



The five birds recently imported by Mr. Goodfellow were captured in 

 Java. 



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Correspondence. 



BREEDING PARROT AND GOULDIAN FINCHES. 



Sir, — I have been very fortunate with my Parrot and Gouldiau 

 Finches this year. 



The Parrot Finches have had three nests, and have reared nine young 

 ones; they are now (Oct. nth) all in a large cage, as I did not wish the old 

 birds to nest again. 



As to Gouldians, I have six fine youngsters, six weeks old, out of 

 one nest, from a Red-head s and Black-head ? : the young birds are now 

 in a cage and the parents are nesting again. I have two other young ones 

 the same age from a pair of Black-heads. 



The first pair of Gouldians nested in a cocoa-nut husk in the flight. 

 I have now removed all nesting receptacles from the flight, as I do not wish 

 them to build again outside on account of bad weather coming. I still 

 leave the aviary door open as the weather is very mild at present. 

 Oct. nth, 190S. Het.en G. Bromet. 



THE ANNUAL SLAUGHTER OF MIGRANTS. 



Sir, — The terrible destruction of bird life against the Lighthouses in 

 the Migratory season is sad to contemplate, and yet, I suppose, nothing can 

 be done, or surely it would have been done before this. Is it known to 

 many of our Members, I wonder, that tens oj thousands of birds of all kinds 

 meet their death against one lighthouse alone during the year? St. 

 Catherine's (Isle of Wight) and Heligoland being particularly fatal. I have 

 seen literally heaps of them brought in to our clever naturalist and taxider- 

 mist here, Mr. Bristow, for a few specimens to be set up for collections. 

 Only yesterday he showed me Meadow Pipits, Gold-crests, Wagtails, White- 

 throats, Wheatears, Redstarts, Garden Warblers, Blackcaps, Grasshopper 



