yd Correspondence. 



Crtholophiis Icucolophus Sliarpe. White-crested Hornbill. 



Hab. W. Africa. 

 Fhotogcrys jugularis apitroisis I )elacoiir. Apiire Tovi l^arrakeet 



Hab. Apure, Venezuela. 

 Scops bakkamccna lettio Hod.ys. Nepal .Sco])s ()\vl. 



Hab. Darjeelini^". 

 Cerchncis iinnunculns saturofiis l^.lyth. Indian Kestrel. 



Hab. Darjeeling. 

 Mesophoyx intermedia Wa.^ler. Was^ler's Eg'ret. 



Hab. Malacca. 

 Ccrsachius mclanolophns Raffl. Black-crested Bittern. 



Hab. Kedah, Malay Peninsula. 

 P*ilopus fasciatus Peale. Rose-crowned Fruit-Pii:;"eon. 



Hab. Samoa Islands. 

 Columba grisea Bp. Grey Pigeon. 



Hab. Borneo. 

 Synoccus phimbeus Salvad. Plumbeous Quail. 



Hab. S.E. New Guinea. 

 Antigone sharpci Blanf. Sharpe's Crane. 



Hab. Kedah, Malay Peninsula. 

 Cursorius gallicus Gm. Cream-coloured Courser. 



Hab. Egypt. 



Of the latter list, Fringilla taliaMsi has been known to 

 private aviculturists for some years, and Syncvcns phimbeus was 

 successfully bred by Mr. W. Shore Baily last season. 







Correspondence. 



Sir, — Re the feeding of Avadavats and Golden-breasted Waxbills ; T 

 have found the greatest difficuUy in getting them to eat anything in 

 the green-food \va\-. I keep mine in cages during the winter, in an unheated 

 room ; they have done very well, and I have at last found some green-food 

 which they will eat — that is the stringy roots of watercress ; they ignore 

 th,. green leaves. Also they will peck at dandelion leaves that are growing 

 in small pots, but they won't touch it if it is a loose leaf ; I have tried them 

 with flowering grass, all kinds of fruit, and various insect foods as a slight 

 addition to the usual millet menu, but they never touch it. I don't know if 

 other members have found the same thing, but my birds arc distinctly 

 conservative in their tastes. 



East Putney, S. W. ; March 19, 1923. A. II. BARNES. 



[They will take flowering and seeding grass if growing in small pots, or if 

 cut as a small turf too heavy for them to drag about — at least, such 

 waxbills and avadavats as I keep caged in winter do so. — W.T.P.] 



