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ou Ma}' igtli, batching out all three on June I3tli, the male 

 shared in the duties of incubation, relieving his mate at regular 

 intervals. Two of the fledgelings were unfortnnalely killed 

 almost immediately. The female was very excited, thus attract- 

 ing another male, and in the struggle two of the young were 

 trauipled upon. The surviving chick is doing well, it took to 

 the water when a week old and commenced swimming and 

 foraging (at least in part) for itself.' One of the keepers states 

 he saw it pick up food when three days old, and that it could 

 swim like a duck. 



It was most interesting to watch the old bird fostering her 

 young, she sits down like an Ostrich and covers her brood 

 with her breast feathers, the young bird assumes the same 

 position, and it is only by close observation that it can 

 be discerned while so covered. One of the keepers des- 

 cribed to me an inci<lent which took place the previous day, 

 as follows :— Yesterday the female appeiu^ed to think the young 

 one was in danger, she stooped down and picked it up with 

 lier wing by its neck, and carried it two 3'ards ; while being 

 thus carried onh' its legs were visible. 



At a week old the bill of the chick was over an inch long 

 and already beginning to curl up. When first hatched the bill 

 was qnite straight. 



This I believe to be the first time these curious, interesting 

 and handsome birds have hatched out in captivity. 



Hatching' of Redshanks : Another interesting event 

 in this aviary is the hatching out of three Redshanks (Totanus 

 cdlidris), of which I hope to have more to say in our next 

 issue. 



Nesting of Malabar Starlings : Miss M. E. Baker 



has had two young hatched in her aviary, and though they 

 only lived about seven days, the event is of sufficient interest 

 to place on record. The calling of the young was the first 

 intimation she had that there was even a nest, though she had 

 seen the old birds flying in and out of a nest box ; this was on 

 a shelf high up in the aviary behind some Fir boughs. 



" There was a dreadful storm of wind and rain the night before I 

 ' noticed the death of the j'onng- ones, which probably scared the old birds 



