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spurred francolins ; very powerful and strident, somewhat resembling 

 that of guinea-fowl, but more prolonged and guttural. 



May 2nd. The white-fronted goose ? and bean goose $ 

 having again paired this year, to-day hatched four of six eggs at 

 aviary pond. 



May ^rd. Pochard (Fuligula ferind) sits on six eggs in pinetum. 



May 6th. American peregrine or ' duck hawk ' $ (Falco anatutri) 

 received as a present from Major Ernest Anne, who informs me 

 that it was taken on board ship at about 1500 miles off the coast 

 of Canada. This bird is considerably smaller than an average Falco 

 peregrinus of the same sex, and is very dark in colour. I am 

 disposed to consider her as a bird of last year. 



May 6th. Bronze-winged pigeons (Phaps chalcoptera}, of which 

 I Jiave a pair, produce many eggs, but will not sit, so we put two 

 into a nest of woodpigeons in aviary (cf. antea), removing the eggs 

 of latter birds a second sitting that I omitted to note in this 

 book. 



May loth. White-bellied sea eagles (Haliaetus leucogaster). 

 Two very fine specimens, adult and immature, received from 

 Melbourne as a present from Edward Marshall. 



May \6th. Five hybrids of spotted-billed and yellow-billed 

 ducks (Anas pcecilorhyncha, c?, and Anas xanthorhyncha <j> ) hatched 

 out at aviary pond. 



May 17 th and i%th. Ural owl (Syrnium uralense\ one of two 

 received from Russian Finland in 1888, laid an egg but made no 

 nest and would not sit, so we transferred the egg to a nest in the 

 park that contained four of barn owl (Strix ftammea). 



May iqth. Ruffs (Machetes pugnax) all in splendid 'show,' 

 are full of antics, pugnacious and very amorous. 



May 2oth. Boobook owl (Ninox boobooK) received from 

 Melbourne as a present from Edward Marshall. 



Madeiran woodpigeon (Columbn trocaz\ one of three now in 

 the aviary received from Dr. Hicks of Funchal, made a slight nest 

 under one of the box bushes, on the bare gravel, and laid one egg. 



