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Illustrations :^ 



Guillemots at the Cliff-foot. Sandpiper's nest, eggs only. Oystereatoher's ner t. 'Wood- 

 cock's nest. Young Long-eared Owls. Young Curlew hiding. Young Curlew on parade. Young 

 Sandwich Terns. Puffins at home. A Grouse on its nest. A Hide of Reeds. A Curlew step- 

 ping astride of her eggs. A near study of a Lapwing. A more distant view of the same Bird. 

 Descending a Kittiwake-haunted ehasm. Tawny Owl, Gaunet sweeping by on fixed pinions, 

 Gannet coming round a corner. 



The eleven chapters, are very thorough and complete, every 

 phase of the subject is fully dealt with in an interesting and prac- 

 tical manner. The photographic illustrations are excellent, very in- 

 teresting, and many of them very suggestive, in their-presentation of 

 some phase of bird -life. "We cordially commend this work to our 

 readers. 



Canaries, Hybrids, and British Birds in Cage and 

 Aviary. Cassell and Co., in monthly parts, 7d. net. Part XIV. 

 In this part interest is fully maintained, and the practical charac- 

 ter of the work well upheld. The frontispiece is a good coloured 

 plate, figuring Broken-capped Silver and Clear-capped Gold Lizards, 

 and Jonque London Fancy Canaries, there are a number of illus- 

 trations in the text, including useful diagrams of cages, etc. The 

 text consists of chapters on the " Belgian Canary," ■" Scotch Fancy 

 Canary," " Yorkshire Canary," Lancashire Coppy," and " Old Dutch 

 Canary and Dutch Frill." An excellent part, replete with interest. 



Editorial. 



NESTING NOTES. 



Rifle Bird: Our esteemed member Mr, E. J. Brook 

 kindly sends me the following note : " After you left, the Rifle 

 " Bird hen laid, but, the egg fell to the ground and was broken. 

 •• I tninlv this is interesting, as being in all probability the 

 " first case of a Paradise Bird laying in confinement. The 

 *' egg was rather elongated, the ground colour bufi', and heavily 

 " streaked and blotched with brown." 



This certainly is most interesting, and raises renewed 

 hopes of Paradise Birds nesting in captivity. The aviaries 

 at Hoddam Castle are a very fine series of handsome and 

 practical structures, but I must reserve an account of my 

 visit till next issue, when I hope a descriptive article will 

 appear. 



PuRPLE-cAPrED LoRiES, Etc. : Our esteemed member, 

 Mr. W. Edmunds, sends a few interefctiug notes : " My pair c-f 

 " Purple-caps, (purchased about twelve months ago from our 



♦Another egg was laid the next day with a similar result. 



