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same month. Again mated on the 24th March, with the result 

 of five young on. the 17th May. To my knowledge the Dresden 

 Zoological Garden bred the same species at the same very early season 

 as observed by me. 



Chenopsis atrata. — Breed regularly. 1903, first hatching, 4th April, 

 four young ; loth June, four eggs, destroyed by flood ; 5th Novem- 

 ber, three young. 



Melopsittacus undulatus . — Have no difficulty in getting the birds to 

 breed, and with very satisfactory results. Light yellow variety was 

 first produced in Belgia about 40 years ago, and the offspring are 

 always of same light colour. 



Calopsittacus novcB-hollandics . — Repeatedly breed, with good results. 



Daoelo gigas. — -The female died loth March, 1907. The pair 

 repeatedly sat, with result of (usually) three young, selecting an 

 artificial breeding box for nest. 



Of the PoephilcB and other Australasian Finches we have just at 

 present an unusually small number. They are, however, very satis- 

 factory birds for European collections. 



Meliphaga phrygia and Acanthochceva cavunculata have been in the 

 Gardens for about 7 years and 5 years respectively. 



[The foregoing list and observations were kindly sent to Mr. D. Le 

 Souef by Director F. T. Grabowsky. Mr. Le Souef saw many of the 

 birds mentioned when visiting Breslau in December last, and thought 

 a complete list would be of interest for readers of The Emu. — Eds.] 



Clarke Island (Bass Strait) Notes. — The Brown Quail 

 {Syncecus australis) on Clarke, Passage, and Three Hummocks 

 Islands are very numerous, which shows that last year's nesting 

 season must have been a prolific one. I was on Passage Island 

 (which contains about 400 acres) not long since ; the birds were 

 simply there in thousands — I observed as many as thirty rise in 

 one covey. Also there was a great number of Brush Bronze- 

 wing Pigeons {Phaps elegans). Like the Quail, they usually 

 lay in November and December. The Pigeon lays two eggs, and 

 the Quail up to sixteen. 



The Painted Quail (Turnix varia) appears to have left us for 

 the time being, as none have been noticed this season. We had 

 remarkably heavy rains here in February, and also on the East 

 Coast of Tasmania, and I was informed by a resident of St. 

 Helens, Tasmania, that this flood had drowned nearly all the 

 young birds on the coast, but fortunately did not do any 

 apparent damage here, the hilly nature of most of these islands 

 perhaps being accountable for it. The Brush Bronze-wing 

 usually nests on the ground under a thick bush, but it also 

 occasionally builds on trees or shrubs ; the nest is a very 

 rudimentary structure. 



15th September, 1907. — Have noticed very few of the White- 

 bellied Sea-Eagles {Halia'ctus leucogaster) this season ; it is 

 indeed a rara avis. Many places here where they formerly 

 nested are now deserted, owing, probably, to their having died 



