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until Inly 2nd, when T surprised them together scratching' in 

 the run. I again saw them a week later, and again on the 15th; 

 on the last occasion they got up at my feet and flew strongly 

 across the aviary. Shortly after this I went for my summer 

 holiday, returning for one day on August loth. Suspecting 

 that the hen was again sitting, I was hunting- through the long 

 grass, when I had the misfortune to step upon and kill the 

 young cock. He was practically in full adult plumage, and I 

 could only tell him from the old bird by the difference in the 

 colour of the eye, which in the adult is crimson, and in the 

 juvenile reddish-brown. 



At this time the hen was undoubtedly sitting, although 

 1 could not find the nest in the time at my disposal, but on my 

 return on August 21st, I found it under a tuft of grass on the 

 edge of the pond, and congratulated myself on not having 

 stepped on it, when looking for it on my first visit. Every 

 egg had apparently hatched, and a few days afterwards 1 caught 

 sight of five little ones. At the time of writing, August 30th, 

 they are quite nice little birds, but still only very occasionally 

 visible. 



The cock bird is rather bigger than the Indian Jungle 

 Quails and is plum-coloured all over; the hen is mottled much 

 like the European Quail, but much darker in ground colour. 

 They are nice aviary birds. 



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Notes on Jungle and other Wild Life. 



By Dr. Casey A. Wood, M.B.O.U. 

 Continued from page i6t;. 

 The approach to the Falls was exceedingly interesting 

 and attractive. Charles VVatertcn (Wanderings in South 

 \mcrica), the naturalist word-painter, says of it : — " He who can 

 distinguish the beauties of uncultured nature, and whose ear 

 is not shut to the wild sounds in the weeds, will be delighted 

 in passing up the river Demerara. Every now and then the 

 maam (tinamou) sends forth one long and plaintive whistle from 

 the depths of the forest, and then stops; whilst the yelping of 

 the toucan and the shrill voice of the bird called " pi-pi-yo " 

 (Gold or (ireenheart Bird) are heard during the interval. The 



