_'54 Records o] lurds a'///V/; liai'c Ih'cd in Captivity. 



described by Cowper in tlie following; lines: — 



" Tlie man who hails you Tom or Jack. 

 And shows, by thumps uj)on your back. 



How he esteems your merit. 

 Is such a friend tliat one had need 

 Be very much his friend indeed 



To pardon or to l)ear it!" 



And so my aviary boy found out and resented it. liach has 

 his or her place in my avicultural cenotajjli and can never bs 

 forgotten. Eacli one taught me a lesson, which was learnt 

 at the expense of its little life, so one hopes at least if one is 

 sadder, yet it may mean a wiser man. 



(To be concluded). 

 ^-h^ 



Records of Birds which have Bred in Captivity 



By E. Hopkinson, D.S.O., M.A., M.B. 



4T5.— YELLOW-BILLED DUCK .1 iwditlata. W.T.P. 



Zoo, 1911. 



Hybrids. 



YI'.I.LOW-UILLKD DUCK x .\I FILLER'S DUfK. W.T.P. Zoo. 1910. 



X DUSKY DUCK. W.T.P. Zoo. 1910. 

 X WILD DUCK. W.T.P. 



X Yt'llow-bilk'd OVil<l Duck). 

 X Yclk.w-liilKd (Du^ky Duck), 







476._CRESTED CHILIAN DUCK A. crisfata. W.T.P. 

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477. SPOT-BILLED DUCK. Puiionctia t>occUorltyuclia. W.T.P. 



Zoo, 1905, etc. 



Hybrids. 

 X Si)ot-l)illcd (Wild Duck). 



