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Many of these birds are usually regarded as very shy, and quite 

 impossible to keep in captivity ; but Dr. Home and his niece, 

 Miss Bowie, by studying their habits, &c., have managed to gain 

 their confidence to such an extent that they will take from the 

 hand the flies or other tit-bits provided. On entering the 

 aviaries it was interesting to see how soon the birds recognized 

 their mistress, and even answered to pet names. The collection 

 of finches is very extensive, and includes specimens of the 

 following Australian species : — The Fire-tailed, Zoncnginthus 

 bellus ; Red-browed, uEgi7dha temporalis ; Painted, Emblema 

 picta ; Gouldian, Foephila go%ddim ; Banded, Stictoj)tera bich- 

 enovii ; Black-ringed, -S. annulosa ; Chestnut-breasted, Munia 

 castaneithorax ; Plum-headed, Aidemosyne modesta ; Long-tailed, 

 Poephila acuticauda ; Black-throated, P. cincta ; Masked, F. 

 personata; Scarlet-headed, P. mirahilis ; Crimson, Neochmia 

 phaeton ; and the Red-faced, Bathilda ruficauda, besides a 

 number of handsome species from foreign countries. Besides the 

 Chestnut-bellied (King) Quail, Excalfactoria australis, which does 

 exceedingly well in the aviary, and a clutch of whose eggs was 

 being reared in an incubator, there were specimens of the Brown 

 Quail, Syncecus australis, and the Stubble Quail, Cotur7iix 

 pectoralis. Pigeons were represented by the Partridge (Squatter) 

 Pigeon, Geophaps scrlpta, and the Crested, Ocyphaps lophoies. 

 A large number of small foreign birds were quite at home, 

 such as the Weaver-birds of Africa and India, the Paradise 

 Whydah, the Napoleon Whydah, &c. In one aviary the contrast 

 between our familiar Blue Wren and the brilliant orange-red of 

 the Orange Bishop-bird of South Africa was very striking. 



Among the larger birds fine specmiens of the Golden, Amherst, 

 Reeves's, and Svvinhoe's Pheasants were greatly admired. Two 

 hours quickly passed, and after partaking of the hospitality of 

 Dr. and Mrs. Home, the party separated, well pleased with the 

 interesting afternoon. — F. G. A. Barnard. 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIST OF VICTORIAN MARINE 

 MOLLUSCA. 



By J. H. Gatliff. 

 {Read be/ore the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, lOth August, 1903. 

 Some years ago I contributed to the Naturalist a list of the 

 Victorian marine moUusca which included some 350 species. 

 In this list, which will be found in vol. iv. (1887), p. 57, and vol. 

 v. (1888), p. Ill, an attempt was made to reduce the number of 

 synonyms, which had always proved a great hindrance to the 

 study of Australian mollusca. Since that time fresh observations 

 have been made, and additional species recorded, so that the 



