}^() The I .ildi'-cro'iCncd Prnit-I'igcon. 



on the wiuK at any time However, I suppose thai it found 

 itf- nest comtortable, as it did not leave it until Ani^ust 15th, 

 just a week later than a (jrey Singingtinch that was hatched 

 (.n the same day. i'wo days before this I had the pleasure of ;i 

 visit from Dr. Hojjkinson, and we took the young bird from the 

 rest and examined it. lie says that he has not met with it in 

 Gambia. It differs considerably from either of its i)arents. 

 Crown of head, nai)e and back greyish brown; ear coverts 

 blackish brown, a similar coloured spot on throat; underparts 

 dirty white; wings white save for t1ie tips of the flights. 

 rnid a narrow lirown bar across the coverts: tail brown with a 

 Itroad white bar. 1 fancy that the colour of wings and tail 

 nnist be abnormal, although two out of the three young Cape 

 Sparrows I reared last year were very similarly marked. I had 

 the pleasure of showing the old Sparrows to Mr. Seth-Smith on 

 the occasion of his recent \isit, and 1 understood him to say that 

 they had not had them at the Zoo. The following is a 



description of the adults : Cock : crown of bead, neck, back 

 nnd rump rich chestnut; streak above eye, cheeks, and sides of 

 throat dirty white; streak behind eye. chin and throat black. 

 Hen duller, greyish brown on head and back instead of 

 chestnut, and the throat s])Ot not so dark. My young one is, 

 I am afraid, a male,l)ut time alone will show. It looks very 

 pretty in flight with its white wings, and not unlike a Snow 

 Bunting. 



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The Lilac-crowned Fruit-Pigeon. 



( Ptilopus coronulatus). 



A BREEDING SUCCESS. 



By C.^PT.My H. S. Stokes. 



In some notes on our birds, published a few months ago, 

 we were careful to emphasise that we do not — at present — go 

 in primarily for breeding, but rather for a mixed collection of 

 birds for their beauty and interest. So that apart from 

 Budgerigars, which, left to themselves in a summer-house 

 aviary, have reared numerous families, our birds have done 

 little this season. The one brilliant and notable exception has 

 been the Lilac-crowned Fruit Pigeon (PtUopus coronulatus) 



