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kind of pulse, made up into a paste with ghee (clarified butter).

This ‘ sattoo ’ seems to suit them very well; it is supplemented,

in the case of purely insectivorous species, by a daily ration of

live maggots and grasshoppers.”


The method of obtaining these is certainly most con¬

venient, and many of us would doubtless be glad if similar

facilities existed in England. We are told that the breeding ot

the maggots and the collection of the grasshoppers forms “ the

trade of a number of professional bird-feeders, who, on receipt of

a small monthly sum, will call daily at the houses of their patrons

and supply insectivorous birds with everything needful.”


Although, naturally, the great number of the species

seen in the Calcutta Markets belong to the Indian region, birds

from almost all parts of the globe seem to find their way thither.

Even the lovely Birds of Paradise are occasionally to be seen in

Calcutta, although the males only are imported and appear to

thrive well in captivity.


Mr. Finn mentions nearly every species likely to be met

with in Calcutta. Some are well known to us at home, others

are very rarely seen here, and many are quite unknown in this

country.


We would strongly advise any of our members who are

likely to visit Calcutta to carefully peruse this most useful paper.


The Ibis for October contains papers on : “ The Birds of

the Southern Shan States” ; “ An Introduction to the Study of

the Drepanididce, a Family of Birds peculiar to the Hawaiian

Islands”; “Two recently discovered Additions to the Genus

Calliste" ; “ A few additions to the Birds of Lucknow” ; “ On

Birds collected during an Expedition through Somaliland and

Southern Abyssinia ” ; “ Results of an Ornithological Journey

through Columbia and Ecuador” ; and a “ Description of three

new Species of Birds of Peru.”


There are no less than five coloured plates by Messrs.

Gronvold and Keulemans.



BIRD NOTES.



At a meeting of the Society for the Protection of Birds held on

October 25th last, at No. 26, Hanover Square, Mr. Oxley Grabham, M.B.O.U.,

exhibited a number of lantern-slides from his own photographs, illustrative

of Yorkshire bird life, accompanying them with explanatory remarks. All

the pictures were good, and some of an exceptionally high order of merit.

The nest of a Tree-creeper was shown. After the bird had laid her eggs, a



