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The Birds of British Cniiana. 



t Breast-plated (Josliawk 



Small S]):irr()\v-liawk 

 *Red-lei;gfil Sparrnw hawk 

 tCappt'il 



Foh-nnhuiC' - 



iiari>e Mciliii (iir l'>;iri(lii 

 Small .Mfilin (<ir j-taridi) 



(\Virnt"-tlirn;ite<l) 



< )raniro-lii-casted Holiby 

 C'liukoo Falcdii (DoiiMe-toothe' 

 tPath Falcon 

 Small Kestrel 

 American Spariow-hawk 



,1 at nr /irrtoi-dllK 

 .\('i-ij)'itt'r Hiihiiii/fr {ti/tiia) 

 htcnlor 



Ilill-llldK 



F,il< 



t'i(!^cn-capruleM-f-iis 



(Uira/i// IIS 

 Uiu-jiiKjiix b/i/c/ifatua 



(111 ■don 

 'I'iininiiriil ti^ ( Cfvclinixl 'utalii'V'nid 

 Thntiinriiliis < Cerchnh) xparraria 



( To be eontjmied) . 



Editorial. 



Queen Alexandra Parrakeets : — The Marquis of 

 Tavistock informs us that his pair of Spathopfenis alexan- 

 drae have lived in an entirely unheated outdoor aviary 

 through this trying, changeable and severe winter, in the Isle 

 of Wight. Also that they are very fit. This species is too 

 scarce and costly for many rash experiments, but of recent 

 years the experience of aviculturists has been so abnormally 

 severe, that the above result is very satisfactory and most in- 

 teresting, proving this exquisite species to be c[uite hardy when 

 properly housed, and the Marquis of Ta\isto:k ought to ha\'e 

 breeding luck with his pair this season. 



Banded Crake (/?rt'////;^/ suptreiliaris] From an account 

 of the breeding of the Banded Crake in its native wilds, in the 

 Journal of the Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, by B. B. Osmaston, 

 I.F.S., we reprint the following interesting extracts, with our 

 best thanks to the Editors and Author. 



• " The Fauna of British. India says about this bird : 'Its -um- 



" jmtr quarters and breeding haunts are unknown. . Nothing ccrtr.i i 



*' \is known of its nidihcation." Since this was written, however. Mr. I' 

 "SI. Bell, and 'Major Betham have found n^st.j of this Crake near Poona 

 "and Karwar respecti\ cly, and liavc gi\-n detailed descriptions of the 

 " nests and eggs in Vol. XIV. of t) .lournal. . On July lo, 



■" while exploring a small nala about a . i • from Dehra, full of exceed- 

 *" inglv dense jungle consisting of var.u ii ubs and brambles. 1 came. 



