Bird Notes from the Zoological Gardens.



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Mar. Stli. i Black-crested Yellow Bulbul,


Otocompsa flaviventris India.


,, i Indian Green Barbet, Therciceryx zeylonicus .. ,,


2 Blyth’s Hill Partridges, Arboricola rufigularis. ,,



Apr. Iltli. I Rufous-necked Scimitar Babbler,


Pomatorhinus ruficollis. ,,


i Golden-backed Woodpecker,


Brachypternus aurantius. ,,


,, 29th. 1 Velvet Scoter, CEdemia fusca. .. Europe.



Jne. nth. 1 White-collared Ouzel, Turdus albicinctus.


,, 1 Large Andaman Parrakeet,


Palceornis magnirostris.

1 Tickell’s P'lower-pecker,


Dicceum erythrorhynchus.

,, 1 Cinnamon Tree-Sparrow, Passer cinnamomeus.


,, 1 Rufous-breasted Accentor,


Accentor strophiatus.


,, 1 Black-tliroated Accentor, A. atrigularis.


,, 1 Eastern Meadow-Bunting, Emberiza straclieyi.


,, 4 White-capped Buntings, E. stewarti.


,, 2 Indian Button-Ouails, Tnrnix tanki


,, iStli. 1 Large-billed Weaver-bird,


P/oceus megarhynchus.

,, 29th. 2 Wallace’s Lories , Eos zoaltacei.



British India.



Naini Tab

Waigiou.



Among the interesting additions were four hybrid Parra-

keets (between Platycercus eximius and P. pallidiceps ), two hybrid

Parralceets (between Psephotus ehrysopfetygitis and P, multicolor),

four hybrid Macaws (bred between Ara macao and A. militaris ) ;

this is, as far as is known, the only instance on record of

hybridism between two species of Macaw in captivity; and two

hybrid Finches (between Munia malacca and M. rubro-nigra).

A11 August Amazon, Chrysotis aug 7 ista, from Dominica, and a

Guilding’s Amazon, C. guildingi, from St. Vincent, were also

obtained, so that the forms peculiar to the Desser Antilles were

all to be seen in the Parrot House at one time : the former was

figured in Vol. VIII. p. 151 of the Magazine, and it is hoped

soon to figure the latter species.



