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Curassows (Crax globicera , C. daubentoni and Pauxis galeata), a

Magpie Tanager (Cissopsis leveriana ), a Golden-crowned Hang-

nest (.Icterus auricap it Ins'), a Baltimore Hangnest (/. baltimore),

and four Black-cheeked Cardinals (Paroaria nigrigenis).


From Tasmania we have just received a number of the rare

Fire-tailed Finches (Zonceginthus bellus).


Tiie most interesting event during the month has been the

hatching of a young Stork in the large Gull’s aviary. One of

the parent birds being pinioned, the nest was built on the ground

and consisted of a pile of sticks and rubbish some three feet in

height. Four eggs were laid, but one disappeared (probably the

Black-backed Gulls ate it) the three remaining ones being in¬

cubated for twenty-eight days, when one hatched, the other two

proving unfertile. The chick was fed by the parents, who re¬

gurgitated food from the crop, placing it in the nest where it

was greedily picked up by the nestling. In the process, how¬

ever, it apparently picked up a quantity of the nest material with

the food, for it was found dead on the eleventh day, and a post

mortem examination revealed a quantity of dried grass in its

stomach.


So far we have six young ducks, namely three Andaman

Teal, two Summer Ducks and one New Zealand Sheldrake.


D. S.-S.



THE FORTHCOMING RECEPTION OF MEMBERS

OF THE SOCIETY BY THE COUNCIL.


As was announced in the March issue of this Magazine,

the Council of the Avicultural Society, at their meeting in

February, decided to organize a friendly and informal meeting of

the members, to be held in the Zoological Gardens on an early

date in July, provided satisfactory arrangements could be made to

insure the success of the gathering, the sole purpose of which

is to give members an opportunity of becoming personally

acquainted with one another.


O11 behalf of the Council I am glad to be able to announce

that the following details have been settled. The meeting will



