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doing so. Blue Tanagers incubating and Grey -winged Ouzels 

 feeding. 



New Guinea Rifle Bird Laying Eggs in Captivity: 

 Of this unique event in the Hoddam Castle Aviaries, we 

 gave a bare record in our last issue; in response thereto, our 

 esteemed member Mr. W. Goodfellow — who collected and im- 

 ported this particular pair of birds — kindly sends us the fol- 

 lowing interesting note . . 



" The nest and eggs of this same hen bird are in the Nat. His. 

 " Museum. The natives brought her to me with her nest and eggs, as they 

 " caught her while sitting. 1 was looking at the nest again the other day. 

 "With the exception of a few strips of dead pardonus leaf it is composed 

 " entirely of fibre, much resembling horse hair. It is probably the mid- 

 " rib of the same leaf." 



The following esteemed members have kindly sent us 

 the following details: 



Mr. Mathias: Painted and Rulicauda Finches incu- 

 bating. 



Mr. W. R. Temple: Tree Creepers incubating a clutch 

 of five eggs, which are due to hatch on June 4.* 



Miss M. E. Baker: Two young Red-crested Cardinals 

 on the wing and fending for themselves. 



Peivate Consignments : The following private con- 

 signments are to hand: By Mr. T. G. NicoLson, per his 

 nephew, returning from Rio Janerio. The consignment con- 

 sisted of about 70 birds, of which about 40 were landed alive, 

 with the exception of a few Cholorophorua vtridls all appeared 

 to be doing well, when I had the pleasure of seeing them on 

 May 29th. Some of them being immature, I was not able jLo 

 identify. This difficulty was enhanced owing to the birds being 

 all together in a large indoor flight, and a close examination 

 impossible, some of them will probably prove to be new to 

 aviculture. The following is as complete a list as it is pos- 

 sible to give at present. 



Blue Grosbeaks, Brazilian Canaries (a species of 

 Syealis), Violet and Dwarf Euphonias, also two other species 



not yet defined; Bluish Tanager (probably T. cyano s 



Bluish, White -throated, and Grey Finches; Torrid Seed Finch, 

 Thick-billed Seed Finch, Cowbird, Black Tanager, other Sperm - 



*Four young were duly hatched out and are being well fed by their parents. 



