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A Collection from Neiv Guinea, etc.



on the upper surface of their feet. The skin of the abdomen is developed

into a loose flap, which spreads over the egg, completely covering it

and keeping it at the necessary temperature, while the bird remains

in the erect attitude, and if she wishes to change her position she walks

or shuffles along carrying the egg with her.


Many of the older members of the Society will remember Mr. F. C.

Thorpe, who was in business as a dealer in Hull for some years. Most

of us obtained birds from him in those days, and I think he gave

universal satisfaction. He was especially successful in obtaining rare

South American species. Now he is farming in Queensland, and in a

letter to Mr. Barnby Smith he gives a list of the birds seen on his farm,

amongst which are several that are known to aviculturists, such as

Regent Birds, Bower Birds, Magpies (Piping Crows), Magpie Larks,

Zosterops, Honey-eaters of five species, Laughing Kingfishers, “ More-

porks,” Scaly-breasted and Blue-mountain Lorikeets, King Parrots,

Chestnut, Cherry, Double-banded, Zebra, Parson, and Red-browed

Finches, Stubble Quail, Zebra Doves, Cockatiels, Black Cockatoos,

Fruit Pigeons, Blue Wrens, Coach-whip Birds, Wood Swallows, and

Ibises.


D. S.-S.



A COLLECTION FROM NEW GUINEA, ETC.


Mr. W. J. Frost, who has been collecting in New Guinea and the

surrounding islands for some months past for the Zoological Society,

arrived home on October 13 with a collection of about 130 mammals and

birds, amongst which may be mentioned 13 King Birds of Paradise,


2 Greater Birds of Paradise, 3 Cassowaries, 6 Fruit Pigeons, 1 Aru Island

Butcher Crow, 1 Blue-rumped Parrakeet, 8 Nicobar Pigeons, 10

Black-winged Crackles, 15 Painted Quails, 2 Racquet-tailed Parrots,


3 Chinese Jay-thrushes, 9 Fairy Blue-birds, 3 Red-fronted Lories, 2

Wallace’s Lories, 9 Mitchell’s Lorikeets, 4 Green-naped Lorikeets, and

l Rosenberg’s Lorikeet.



