1 14 MR. A. D. BARTLETT ON THE BREEDING [Feb. 13, 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Plate IX. 



Fig. 1. SipuncuTus angasii, Baird, nat. size, p. 80. 



2. deformis, Baird, nat. size, p. 80. 



3. Pkascolosoma capsiforme, Baird, nat. size, p. 83. 



Plate X. 



Fig. 1. Pscudasjndosiphon gracile,'Bsi\ydi, magnified, p. 103. 

 1". The same, nat. size, p. 103. 



2. Pkascolosoma perhccens, Baird, magnified, p. 90. 

 2". The same, nat. size, p. 90. 



3. Thoniste lagcniformis, Baird, magnified, p. 98. 

 3". The same, nat. size, p. 98. 



3''. The same, essertile portion and crown of cirri, magn., p. 98. 

 3". „ „ „ „ nat. size, p. 98. 



Plate XI. 



Fig. 1. Pkascolosoma nigriceps, Baird, magnified, p. 90. 

 1*. The same, nat. size, p. 90. 



2. Aspidosipkon cumingii, Baird, nat. size, p. 102. 



3. Priapidus tuberculato-spinosus, Baird, nat. size, p. 106. 



3. Notes on tlie Breeding of several Species of Birds in the 

 Society^s Gardens during the year 1867. By A. D. 

 Bartlett, Sviperintendent of the Society^s Gardens. 



(Plate XII.) 



The following list of species of birds bred during the last year 

 will be found to contain several that I believe have never been before 

 recorded as having reproduced in the Society's Gardens ; and some 

 of the facts noted are of considerable importance with reference to tbe 

 habits and affinities of the species to which they belong : — 



Impeyan Pheasant. Rufous Tinamou*. 



Pallas' Eared Pheasant*. Common Cassoivarj/*. 



Japanese Pheasant. Black Kite*. 



Barred-tailed Pheasant*. Black-crested Cardinal*. 



Cheer Pheasant. Turquoisine Parrakeet. 



Swinhoe's Pheasant*. Dusky Duck. 



Lineated Pheasant. Bahama Duck. 



Purple Kaleege. Carolina Duck. 



Black-backed Kaleege. Ruddy Sheldrake. 



Bankiva Jungle-fowl. New Zealand Sheldrake. 



Talegalla. Ruddy-headed Goose. 



Sun-Bittern (Eurypyga). Ashy-headed Goose. 



The most remarkable of these is perhaps the Rufous Tinamou 

 (Rhynchotis rufescens), of which species I am able to state that the 

 male bird incubates, and that one male will attend to two or more 



* Those marked thus have bred for the first time. 



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