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4 Carolina Ducks ( Lanipronessa spovsa). 

 2 Diamond Doves (Gcopelia cinicata). 



1 Crested Picjeon ( Ocyphaps lophotes). 



2 Soiitliern Triantjular-spotlcd Pigeons (Cohiinba phaeon'ota). 



'I'he most notable event among the above is the successful 

 rearint^' of the youn,^" fmch-larks, as this species has not previ- 

 ously been bred in ( Ireat Britain. 



Brekkdixc. ov Shamahs : In our last issue we published 

 a most interesting;' article from the pen of INIr. G. E. T^ow. givint;' 

 an account of the rearing" of the first brood. He further reports 

 the successful rearing' of the second brood, two fine young birds 

 being the result — we reproduce herewith a photo showing Mr. 

 Shamah taking food to his two babies — the hen (July 27) is 

 engaged incubating her third clutch (six) of eggs. Truly a 

 prolific pair. We wish our member every success with the third 

 brood. We think it will be of interest if we give an extract from 

 ]\Ir. Low's letter of July 24th. 



" 1 have two young Shamahs in the second brood. 

 " pretty strong on the wing now. and the hen is now sitting 

 " on five eggs. The four young Shamahs of the first brood 

 " are doing well, and entirely on ordinary insectile mixture.'" 



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A Cruise on the S.Y. "Vectis." 



By W. Shore Baily. 



(Coniinucd from page 146). 



At noon we reached another hotel, also on the borders 

 of a lake, and halted for lunch. It was a picturesque place, 

 and an ideal spot for trout fishers, as the lake simply teemed 

 with large fish. I guess that tliey probably took a lot of catch- 

 ing, as the water was as clear as crystal. T was very much 

 interested here in some large globular nests in a silver birch 

 tree. They must have contained a bushel or more of twigs. 

 They reminded me of the wood-rat nests I used to see in Cali- 

 fornia. I dont know whether Norway possesses any similar 

 animals, but I can hardly think that these could have been 

 built by any bird of my acquaintance. After lunch we continued 

 on our way. sometimes through picturesque canyons, lined 

 with silver birch — quite the commonest tree in this part of 



