So}iic Xofcs On flic C iiiictc. 137 



Good luck did not attend the li\in,Lr arrivals of this 

 species which came to hand in fair feather, bitt bad condition, 

 and thou.^'h receiving- careftil nursing" and liiii^ering' for some 

 weeks, all but one ultimately succumbed — this solitary survivor, 

 a hen, is thriving' in the bird-room of one of our members. 



Idiis specie^ also has a tine sons;" and a very fine apjiear- 



ance, but is not, in the writer's opinion, so hardy as anriirons, 



bnl lie enriches any collection. Hur member Mr. Scott-Free- 



!and has kept both this species and the (iold-front in the same 



^aviary (at Tonbridg'e ) all the year round. 



Dcscript'w)}. Male- .Above .L^reen, head and neck ting'ed 

 with yellowisli. and lirilliant smalt-blue moustachial streaks; 

 wiuLi^s and tail ptu"ple-\iolet ; throat and fore-neck l)lack. passing" 

 into dark flossy purple on the breast ; abdomen rich cadmium- 

 yellow: l)eak black; feet ])lmnbeous. 



The female is paler and lackinj.,'- the black neck and throat, 

 her moustachial streaks are paler, and the under-parts much 



suffused with !j;"reen. 



f I obits. — It ran.-^es the Hinialavas and their leases, from 

 Mussore to r3ibru,yarh in Assam; Khashi Hills; Manipur; 

 Tocu.g'ri.goo Hills; Karence. Maleyeil Mountain in Tenas- 

 serim ; and Perak Xi'tus in the Malav Peninsula. 



The nest is said to be shallow and cup-shaped, con- 

 structed of veg'etable fibres, tine roots and stems of weeds. 

 Eggs, usually two, of a whitish ground colour marked with 

 black or dark brown. 



(To be Continued) . 



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Some Notes on the Curlew. 



By Lieut. Fra.vk Dawsox-Smith. 



Practical aviculture is rather a " wash-out " with me just 

 now, but my interest never flags and I hope some day, when the 

 war is a thing of the past, to carry on my study of bird-life 

 again. Just at present I am in a " rest billet " behind the tiring 

 line, after a most strenuous and exciting period of adventure — ■ 



