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as possible of his success. On May 21st the young Diucas 

 and Mexican Buntings were on the wing and flying strongly. 

 If any member knows of any previous record of the rearing 

 of the young, of either of these species, will they kindly send 

 in particulars at once — otherwi&e Capt. Rice is entitled to the 

 medals. 



SiLVEE-EARBD Mesias : Our esteemed member M. Pauv- 

 vels, of Relgium, is entitled to the Club Medal, for breeding this 

 Species for the first time in captivity. One young bird left 



the nest on and is now flying strongly all over 



the aviary — two wore hatched out, but one left the nest pre- 

 maturely during a storm, got Avedged in the fork of a bush, 

 and died bcfoie its predicament was discovered. I have seen 

 the body of this youngster — it was fully fledged, save that the 

 quill and tail feathers were short. The following is a rough 

 description. It was too far gone for preservation, even out 

 of doors it was decidedly " high." 



Crown lilack ; forehead, chin, throat, neck, In'east and sides of body 

 grey ; middle of al)domen and vent wliite ; ear-coverts hoary-white ; back 

 and wings dark grey, suffnsed with olive-green ; margins of outer webs of 

 quills pale olive-green ; tail feathers olive-green above, rusty brown 

 beneath ; bill, upper mandible blackish-horn colour, lower yellowish-horn 

 colour ; legs and feet pinkish-flesh colour. 



We congratulate these members on their successes. 



In the Everberg Aviaries a Fraser's Turaco, paired 

 to a cock White -crested Turaco, laid an egg on May 30th. 

 The following species arc either engaged in duties of incuba- 

 tion or feeding young: Bourk's, Adelaide, Barnard, Stanley, and 

 King Parrakeets; Peach -faced and Guiana Lovebirds; and 

 quite a number of nests of Blue, Blue and Green, and Blue 

 and Yellow Budgerigars; Painted and Long-tailed Grassfinches; 

 and last, but not least, Stella's Lorikeets. So far the only 

 young on the wing are Cockateels, Blood-rumps, common 

 Thrushes, and Blackbirds. A new acquisition is probably the 

 Gorgeted Bird of Paradise, but it is not definitely identified 

 yet. 



PiLEATED Finches: Our esteemed member Dr. J. 

 Easton Scott has a young Pileated Finch on the wing: the 

 successful rearing of the young of this species is quite un- 

 common, I thmk this is only the second instance of their 



