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nosts this season yiekk'd about forty young birds, and except for 

 the losses above referretl t), later nests are proving- equally p'roliftc.''' 

 CuiNKSE Painted Quail: " TJiese deserted their first clutch 

 of five eggs, but their second c'.utch of seven eggs was closely 

 incubated and all duly hatched out, l)ut on the second day two of 

 the chicks were lying stretched out, aiiparently dead, on the ground 

 — but I took them in my hands and l>reathed on them through 

 my hands, and they gradually levivod, 1 then took them indoors 

 and placed them in wadding in a cardboard l)ox, p'lacing the card- 

 board box on a cup of boiiing watei- and p'utting a ])iece of tin 

 over the top of the box — in about two lijurs their call was quite 

 strong, and I returned tliem to their mother. The next morning the 

 weakest of the two was again stretched out cold and apparently 

 dead, I again treated it in the same Avay and 1 have hopes of 

 successfully rearing it — the other six are all with their parent and 

 doing well. I had to remove the cock bird, as he a-ttacked the 

 chicks as soon as they cornniencL'd to run about. Incubation lasted 

 eighteen days. The young chicks aufl their parent were intensely 

 interesting. The minute size of the chicks, little larger than a 

 plum stone, yet perfect in every way, with the markings of their 

 downy plumage reminding me of tabby kittens— also the care of 

 the brooding hen, the appearing and disappearing heads of mitiute 

 chicks and the pretty cluck and attention of their anxious and care- 

 ful parent was very interesting and also amusing." 



Several useful hints are contained in tlie above in- 

 teresting- notes. 



Lovebirds: Tliese are not by any means free breeding 

 species, and tlie Madagascar but seldom reproduces its kind in 

 captivity. In Dr. P. Gosse's aviary young have been suc- 

 cessfully reared, the young birds leaving the nest on Sept. 8th. 



Passerine Parrakeets: In the same aviary, some 

 young birds of this species left the nest and by a strange 

 coincidence also on September 8. We hope Dr. Gosse will 

 send us such details as he is able as such will be of general 

 interest. 



Zoo Notes : The nesting results for August consist 

 of 1 Blood-rumped Parrakeet, 2 Summer Ducks, 3 Brazilian 

 Teal, 6 Australian Rails, 20 Key's Partridges, 3 Budgerigars, 

 2 Somerat's Jungle Fowl, 2 Peacock Pheasants, and 3 Black- 

 backed Porphyries. 



Among the more notable additions were: 2 Broad- 

 tailed Babblers* (Crateropus platycercus) and 2 Brown - 

 necked Parrakeets {Pceocejjkalus fuscicollis) presented by our 



