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Menagerie on the 14th of July, and being placed in a 

 moderately convenient Aviar}', eggs began to be laid in 

 August ; and nearly the whole of them proved fertile, the 

 hatch coming off on the 13th of September. The nine 

 young Birds, the first which have been produced in Eu-i 

 rope, are now strong and healthy, their natural vigour having 

 carried them through the winter with complete success. 



To obtain the Impeyan Pheasants and other of the 

 magnificent species of Gallinaceous Birds which inhabit 

 the temperate regions of the Himalaya, the Governor- 

 General of India, Lord W. Hay, Capt. Hay, Major 

 Ramsay, Mr. Brian Hodgson, Mr. Keene, Capt. James 

 the Acting Resident at Darjeeling, and other officers, con- 

 tributed their valuable aid in the country, and a very 

 large Collection was accordingly formed. 



The difficulties of the voyage reduced the number of 

 Birds which were shipped, after the worst part of the 

 transit was passed ; but notwithstanding that unavoidable 

 misfortune, five species^ 



The Cheer {Catreus wallichii), 



The Purple Kaleege {Gallophasis horsfieldii), 



The White-crested Kaleege (Gallophasis ulbocrhtatus). 



The Black-backed Kaleege (Gallophasis melanotus), 



The Hill Partridge (Arborophila iorqueola), 

 arrived in sufficient numbers to afford a reasonable prospect 

 of permanently acclimating them in this country. 



In addition to these breeding Birds, which have main- 

 tained their health up to the present time in the most re-, 

 markable degree, the Society received brilliant specimens 

 of the Polyplectron, the Bengal Bustard, the Saras Crane, 

 and other interesting species. 



Sufficient success has therefore attended this first attempt 

 of the Society to import the Game Birds of the Himalaya 

 to prove their ultimate acclimatation is perfectly possible, 

 and to warrant further attempts at a future period. 



In connexion with this subject, the Council have to 

 record their thanks to Richard Green, Esq., of Blackwall, 

 who undertook the conveyance of a large part of the collec- 

 tion formed under the auspices of the Governor-General of 

 India, on the most liberal terms, in one of the magnificent 

 ships belonging to his firm. 



The Victoria Crowned-Pigeon, like the ordinary 

 Goura, although indigenous to the equatorial region of the 

 Indian Archipelago, has exhibited an extraordinary facility 



