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But there was already the collection of years before 

 this record began to be kept in this particular form. Of the 

 extent and variety of the Lilford Collection of living birds 

 during the whole period of its existence some general idea 

 may be gathered from the following list. It includes, not all r 

 but the greater proportion of the birds new to the Aviaries 

 between the date last given and the third week in March 1896 

 a space of not three years. 



Mantell's apteryx 

 Owen's apteryx . 

 Greek partridge . 

 Barbary partridge 

 Black-headed partridge 

 Bamboo partridge 

 Common francolin 

 Grant's francolin 

 White-shafted francolin 

 Double-spurred francolin 

 Madagascar francolin . 

 Guinea fowl 

 Crested colin . 

 Scaly colin 



Chinese button quails 

 Pintailed sand grouse 

 Singed sand grouse . 

 Madeiran woodpigeon 

 Laurel pigeon . 

 Bolle's pigeon . 

 Spotted pigeon . 

 Snow pigeon 



Grey-headed fruit pigeon 

 Carolina crake . 

 American water rail . 

 Ypacaha rail 



Apteryx mantelli, 



Apteryx oweni. 



Caccabis saxatilis (Austria). 



Caccabis petrosa. 



Caccabis melanocephala (Aden). 



Bambusicola thoracica. 



Francolinus vulgaris. 



Francolinus granti. 



Francolinus leucoscephus. 



Francolinus bicalcaratus. 



Ma rgaroperdix madagasca riensis. 



Numida sp. ? 



Eupsychortyx cristatus. 



Callipepla squamata. 



Excalfactoria chinensis, 



Pterocles alchata. 



Pterocks exustus (Aden). 



Columba trocaz (hatched in Aviary). 



Columba laurivora. 



Columba bo I lit. 



Columba maculosa (South America). 



Columba leuconota (S. Himalayas ; 



hatched in Aviary). 

 Columba cenea 1 (India). 

 Porzana Carolina. 

 Aramides cayennensis. 

 Aramides ypacaha- 



