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Every house with eaves has its nest or nests of House 

 Martins, and they are very famihar birds of the district and quite 

 numerous. Evidently they are on the increase too. In the 

 fruit trees they usually spend the first two days following" their 

 exit from the nest on the top branches, and it is most interesting 

 to watch the parent birds wheeling- about in the air above the tree 

 and then feeding their progeny with their captures, 

 the parent birds wheeling about in the air above the tree, and 

 then feeding their progeny with their captures. 



The Starling, too, is very numerous, and in the fall they 

 assemble in quite large flocks, but I must bring this 

 meandering to an al)rupt conclusion, and defer other notes to 

 some future occasion. 



Editorial. 



Zoo XoTES : The July Report on the Additions to the 

 Menagerie tabulates quite extensive additions to the order 

 AVES., including one species (Pere David's Babbler — Pteror- 

 liiiuis daz'idi). The additions include: — 

 I Ross's Plantain-Eater ( Musophaga rossae). 



1 Bare-faced Fruit-Pigeon (Vinago calva). 



2 Grant's Francolins (Francolinus granti). 



2 Greenish Hangnests (Pseudoleistes virescens). 



and a number of Ploceidae and Fringillidae. 



The following are reported to have bred (reared young) 

 in the Menagerie: — 



3 Pileated Song-Sparrows (Zonotrichia pileata). 



2 Crested Pigeons (Ocyphaps lophotes). 



I Brush Bronze-winged Pigeon (Phaps elegans). 



I African Palm Dove (Turtur senegalensis). 



I Barred Dove (Geopelia striata). 



I Buckley's Ground Dove (Chamaepelia bttckleyi). 



6 Carolina Ducks ( Lampronessa sponsa). 



5 Spot-billed Ducks (Anas poecilorhyncha). 



I Chestnut-breasted Teal (Nettium castaneum). 



3 Ruddy-Sheldrakes (Casarca casarca). 



5 Eider Ducks (Somater'm lUQllissima) — Hatched from Eggs. 



