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MR. P. L. SCLATER ON THE 



[Juae 15, 



Tlie Ruddy Sheldrake appears to have been first received in these 

 Gardens in 1850, when a pair were obtained from Egypt. 



Tiiis pair first bred in 1859, as will be seen by reference to my 

 notes above referred to. I add a list of the dates of hatching. 



Bates of Hatching of Ruddy Sheldrake 



1859. May 13th. 



1860. „ 18th. 



1861. June 2nd. 



1867. May 18th. 



1868. „ 20th. 



1869. „ 19th. 



1870, 

 1S71. 



1872. 

 1873. 

 1874. 



May 19th. 

 „■ 17th. 

 „ 19th. 

 „ 25th. 

 „ 31st. 



18. Tadorna cana (Gm.). White-fronted Sheldrake. 

 Tadorna cana, Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 190. 



Hab. South Africa. 



The only individual of this species yet received by the Society was 

 the female" acquired at the sale of the" Knowsley Menagerie in 1851. 

 The facts as to the breeding of this remarkable bird will be found in 

 former communications (P. Z. S. 1859, p. 442, et 1864, p. 191). 



1 9. Tadorna tadornoides, Jard. & Selb. Australian Sheldrake. 

 Casarca tadornoides, Gould, B. Austr. vii. t. 7. 



Tadorna tadornoides, Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 191, t. xviii. 



Hab. South Australia. 



We received females of this species in 1862, and examples of both 

 sexes in 1863. We have now also pairs, but have not yet succeeded 

 in getting them to breed in this country. 



20. Tadorna variegata (Gm.). Variegated Sheldrake. 

 Tadorna variegata, Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 191, t. xix., et 1866, 



p. 149. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



This beautiful species is one of our most successful introductions. 

 First received in 1863, and first bred in 1865, it is now to be found 

 in most of the larger zoological gardens of the Continent. 



Bates of Hatching of the Variegated Sheldrake. 



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1865. May 17th 



1866. „" 8th. 



1867. „ 5th. 



1869. „ 12fh. 



1870. July 12th. 

 „ 30th. 



1872. May 29th. 



Tadorna scutulata, Mull. 



1873. May 19th. 



1874 

 1875 

 1876 



1877, 

 1878 



27th. 



29th. 



„ 11th, 



„ 16th. 



June 3rd. 



May 17th. 



White-winged Sheldrake. 



Anas srutulata, Miill. Verb. Ethn. p. 159; Scl. et Wolf, Zool. 

 Sk. ii. t. 49. 



Casarca leucoptera, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1859, p. 114, t. 64. 



Hab. Java. 



