Orran'toudl JVoles. 1^>J 



The fearlessness of the Jackass Penguins (Splieniscus 

 demersus) on Dassen Island caused much surprise. It was 

 noticed by Mr. Meade-Waldo that the Sacred Ibis {Ibis 

 cethiopica), which was found breeding in the midst of a colony 

 of Cape Cormorants, w^as reported to live on the food brought 

 for the young Cormorants and on their entrails ! — a statement 

 supported by the fact that a young Sacred Ibis on being 

 handled disgorged a mass of intestines. 



(9) A SHORT review of the 2nd No. of this Journal appears 

 in the April (190G) No. of ' The Ibis.' 



(10) On the 29th May Mr. Oldfiekl Thomas and Mr. Harold 

 Schwann gave to the Zoological Society of London an account 

 of the collections made by Mr. Grant, who has been touring 

 in the North-eastern District of the Transvaal, his route lying 

 by way of Delagoa Bay and Pretoria to the Zoutpansberg. 

 Details of this collection are not, as yet, to hand. 



(11) At the Crystal Palace Bird Show held last February 

 (9th-13th), a pair of Violet-eared Waxbills {Estrilda grana- 

 tina) took first prize in the Waxbill and Weaver class, whilst 

 a fine cock Red-faced Waxbill (Pytelia melha) was second. 

 In the class for Sugar-birds, Tanagers, and Sun-birds, a male 

 Malachite Sun-bird [Nectarina famosa) took premier honours. 



(12) Mr. John Wood, of East London, writes : — ' I 

 should like to see a List made of our birds exhibiting what 

 may be termed ' irregular ' nesting-habits. 



'' The following have come under my notice here : — 



"March 29th. — Bulbul (Pt/cnonntits capensis), known in 

 the Western Province as ' Kuif-kop,^ and in the Eastern 

 Province as ' Tiptolitje.^ I found it sitting on four eggs 

 which were only about half incubated. 



" April 27th. — Red-winged Spreeuw {Amydrus morio)^ 

 ^ Rooivlerk.' I saw it on this date feeding three young ones 



