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" their mother in the nest I have never been able to make 

 "out." We do not give medals for unobserved results. Time 

 does not permit us to say more in this issue re "Breeding 

 Medal Rules, but in our next issue we will explain in detail 

 the Regulations published on pages 73 and 74 of green paper 

 inset in last volume. 



Blue Buegerigaes : Our member, Mr. W. R. Fasey, 

 has a flock of 12 of this variety flying in one of his aviaries, 

 beiu.u a comparatively recent acquisition from the Continent, 

 and some are already evincing a desire of going to nest. 



New Birds at the Zoo : Arrivals are not usually 

 numerous at this season, but among them are two species new to 

 the collection, viz., Mahali Weaver Birds f Plocepasser mahali), a 

 South African species: from the Orange River to Damara Land on 

 the west, and Matabela Land on the east (B.M.C.) Above it is 

 light brown, with the lower back, rump and upper tail-coverts 

 white ; the wings are variegated with dark brown, blackish, a 

 white bar crossing each wing ; the quills are "dark brown with 

 light brown margins ; tail feathers, dark brown, with light mar- 

 gins and white tips ; crown of head, lores, eye region and cheeks 

 black; eye-brow white; throat white ; remainder of under sur- 

 face pale huffish brown, lighter on the abdomen and ventral 

 region, sides of body and flanks, darker brown. It is a largish 

 species, about as large as the Rufous-necked Weaver. Also a Pink- 

 browed Rose-finch (Propasset^ rliodochrous), this species, though 

 new to the Zoo, has been in the possession of private aviculturists 

 at any rate since 1908, if Jiot earlier. In 1908 Capt. Perreau (now 

 major), imported some which passed into the possession of Messrs. 

 W. E. Teschemtker and W. T. Page, in 1911 a few more were 

 brought over by Lieut. G. Kennedy which went to Mr. H. Willford, 

 and as the Zoo specimen was presented by Mr. W. H. St. Quintin, 

 there have been arrivals from other sources — the species has been 

 described in past Vols, of B.N., to which we refer our readers. 



Among other arrivals at the Zoo are :— 2 Black-shouldered 

 Tanagers (C melanonota), 2 Sepoy Finches {H. sipahi^. Slaty- 

 headed Parrakeet (P. schisticops), all presented by our member 

 Mr. A. Ezra.. Another notable arrival is a Nepalese Eagle-Owl 

 Huhiut 7i/palfnsis). 



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