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living in the gardens, 506 Mammals, 841 Birds, 231 Reptiles, 17 

 Bati-achians, 193 Fishes. Birds are well represented and varied, as will be 

 seen from the following talde : 



Passeres 386, Picariac 11, Psittiaei 58, Striges 12, Accip- 

 iti-es 35, Steganopodes 14, Herodiones 53, Anseres 64, C dumboe 35, 

 Pteroclebes 24, Gallinoe 58, Fulicarioe 10, Alectorides 17, Limicoloe 

 8, Gavioe 2, 8tri!tlu')nes 4. Total 841. 



The list is well printed and got up and is good Value a,t 

 iJio published price, 5s. 



Household Pets: Household Publishing Co., Ltd., 62-65^ 

 Avenue Chambers. Bloomsbury Square, London, W.C. Id. weekly. 



A weekly journal of comparatively recent origin, dealing 

 witli Household pets generally. One of the earlier issues is before 

 us, and contains sections for Dogs, Cats, Mice, Rabbits, Pigeons, 

 Cage Birds, also anecdotes and notes, referring to animal life, 

 and keeping In general. The Cage Bird Section contains an in- 

 teresfint:: article by Mr. F. Finn. Thei-e are also some notes on 

 the Zoo, evident y irom the same pen. Tlie is?ue was co;nprefieasive, 

 p/tractical, and of general interest. 



Editorial. 



Nd-sting Notes: The season appears to have begun 

 quite early witli some of our members; as the following' 

 instances will show: — 



^OiTTTfjr.oAT (Amadina fasciata). Mr. T. (1. Nicol- 

 son, Walton -on -Thames, informs me that he had young of this 

 species on the wing on March 11th, in an unheated indoor 

 (stable) flight. Here a number of species have been safely 

 housed during the cold weather — Tanagers and a variety of 

 Finches, Waxbills, etc. — losses have been practically nil. He 

 also informs me that Bronze-wing Mannikins are incubating 



a clutch of egffs 



tob' 



Hybrid Doves (Turtle x Barbary). Mr. Suggitt, Clee- 

 thorpes, informed me that a young squab was hatched on 

 March 4th, in his out-door aviary, a later report states that' 

 the young bird is on the wing and doing well. 



Diamond Doves: Dr. P. Gosse informs me that his' 

 pair have laid and are closely incubating. 



Hybrid Parrakeets (F. docilis x torquatus). The 

 Hon. and Rev. Canon Dutton informs me that he has three 

 young Rose-ringed x Ring-nec|ied Parrakeets hatche/i out, 



