118 Birds -hi and about the Station. 



great temptation to keep any insectivorous birds except the 

 very easiest. Still, I regret my decision, as I fancy they 

 would be no more difficult to keep than White -eyes, and they 

 would have made a nice addition to the little collection ^^[r. 

 Kennedy took home in March. The fact that the egg is not 

 known would have proved an additional attraction to avi- 

 culturists. Jt summers in the hills, being common or fairly 

 so ac about 8,000 feet in Dalhousie. 



Rough Description: Front of head flaming orange-red; 

 uppei" plumage olive-yellow, Ijrighter on the rump; wings and 

 tail brown edged with yellow; sides of head, throat, and breast 

 golden yellow, the chin suffused with bright red; remainder of 

 lower plumage dull yellow. The female is duller and has no 

 red on the head and chin. Length about 4 inches, tail 1 and 

 one -third. 



This is the only member we get of the Liotrlchinae 

 family, which contains many most desirable birds. 

 To be continued. 



Book Notices and Reviews. 



Cakaeies, Hybrids, akd British Birds in Cagk and 

 iA,viAEY.— Cassell and Co. In montlily parts, .7d. net. 



Pari XIII. Another very practical and interesting part, con- 

 taining cliapters, " The Border Fancy Canary,"— the Lizard Canary 

 and " The London Fancy Canary." The text is terse and clear, 

 and is illustrated with many iigure.s, showing typical and defective 

 'birds as to exhibition points. The frontispiece is a good coloured 

 plate, figuring the White-throat, Gold-crested Wren, Redstart, Black- 

 cap and Nightingale. The part is a good one and certainly excel- 

 lent value. 



Aeronautical Classics.— No. 6. The Fligut of Birds. 

 By Giovanni, A. Borelli. London, King, Sells, and Olding, Ltd. 

 27, Chancery Lane, W.C., Is. net. 



Though written in the intea'est of aei'onautics, bird lovers 

 will find much of interest in this excellent little booklet. The 

 headings of the various sections are as undor, and the text is 

 illustrated with many diagramatic figures. 



The wing structure and its component parts. 



Tlie order and manner wherin Birds move tlieir wings during flight. 



A Bird's centre of grarity must be low. 



