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wide open l)cak allow it to tall into the |)ink cax'eni of their 

 month: I ha\e ne\ei" seen them fail to catch food so tossed 

 n]), or food thrown to tliem, while eaj^erly awailini^' same on 

 the perches. 



Tn captixity they are almost omni\-orous. and will tlni\-e 

 on a mixture of boiled rice, Ijiscnit-mtal, minced raw ])tei. and 

 mi;iced fruit, well kneaded to.u'ether and then broken up into 

 small lumps or balls. They are also very fond of boilcl 

 ve;;etables ctit up into small cubes, also fruit similarly treated. 

 Any mouse that allows itself to be captured is also used as ;i 

 means of sa.tisfyini;" their somewhat lar^e appetites. The 

 indi,i;estil)le portion of their dietary is ejected. 



At the present time I have a jJair of hand-reared Beuj^'.al 

 I'ied Jdornbills ( Atithracoccros albirostris), which were sent tw 

 me by ^Ir. E. W. Harper with many other Indian species of 

 birds. They are quite youn;^' birds, in juvenile plumai^e and 

 with the casque of ujiper mandible only partially j^rown as yet. 

 They are handsome and interesting", very tame but object to bo 

 handled. IMujtos and notes of same will appear in otn" next 

 issue. 



The Plicated ITornbill is new to the Zoo collection. 



Reminiscences. 



P.v T)i?. L. LovKLL Ke.ws, F.Z.S. 



(Coiitimti'd Iroiii pa^s^c 225). 



Before leaving;- the I'.ritish softbills I shotild like to make 

 ■jnie remarks on a few of the other s])ecies; of these latter no 

 b^- 1 so endeared it- elf to me as a Xi.i^htini^ale. 1 le was at once 

 the tamest and most cunninj^ bird I e\-er possessed. Alas! 

 thai 1 should ha\"e to say it, he was also very greedy. It did 

 not remain with me \er}- lon,i;-, as it went with the others when 

 the collection was hnally broken up. It occupied the lar.qest 

 a\i:'.r\', \-. hich had an entrance at either end. Hut no matter 



