270 Late Neios. 



feeding in our hayfield. The}' -were probably bred in a neigh- 

 bouring orchard, where many generations have nested. 

 'i7. — A young Cuckoo settled in our Phine tree and was fed by foster- 

 parents— Hedge Sparrows? They were so high up and so hidden 

 by the leaves that I could not properly distinguish them. 



E. F. C. LYNDHURST. 



Late News. 



Nesting of Spot-billed Tou(::an (Selenidera macu- 

 lirostris)'. Just at the moment of going to press we learn 

 that a young bird of this species has been hatched out, in a 

 log nest, in one of the enclosures in the Small Birds' House 

 (London Zoo). It is a fortnight old (August 12) and appears 

 to be thriving; the parent birds feed it entirely on live -food, 

 mealworms, gentles, beetles, etc.. No nest was built and all 

 sawdust in the log nest was thrown out. The young bird 

 is about half the size of its parents, and quite naked up to 

 the present, but the flight feathers are just showing through; 

 the whole of its body, beak and legs are flesh colour. 



KuFous-NECKED WEAVER {Rypliantomis cucullatus). 

 One young bird of this species has been reared. 



North American Snow-bird (Junoo hymenalis). One 

 young bird of this species has also been reared, we think, 

 for the first time in Great Britain. — Ed. 



Post Mortem Reports. 



Vule Rnle^ {S?e Pcu^iii of Carer. J 



JSone to hand at time of going to press. — Ed. 



