ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 11 
PANDA 
Born in the London Zoo and presented by the Zoologica Society of London 
collections. In 1907, the first living specimen, 
a young male, was captured for Sir William 
Ingram, and deposited in the Zoological Gardens 
of London, where it lived only three weeks. 
Two years later, a pair was obtained by Mr. E. 
J. Brooke, a well-known Scotch aviculturist 
Our pair, which Mr. Joseph had on deposit in 
the Zoological Gardens of Sydney, Australia, ap- 
pear to be the only specimens which have reach- 
ed civilization since 1909. 
Other Birds of Paradise in Mr. Joseph's 
collection included three immature Six-plumed 
(Parotia sefilata), two immature Magnificent 
Rifle Birds (Craspedophora magnifica) and a 
Green Manucode (Manucodia chalybata), all 
natives of New Guinea. These birds, with our 
own Lesser and Count Raggi’s Birds of Para- 
dise, give us six species of this wonderful 
family, a greater number than have ever before 
been exhibited in America. 
Turquoisine Parrakeet.— The parrot tribe 
is strongly represented by a great number of the 
gorgeous-colored species found in Australia. 
The rarest is the Turquoisine Parrakeet (Neo- 
phema pulchella), a tiny creature with a strik- 
ing color scheme of olive, turquoise and chest- 
nut. This bird, once abundant in Australia, now 
is on the verge of extinction. In fact, it was 
believed to be extinct until the three specimens 
secured by Mr. Joseph appeared. One of these 
birds, a lovely male, has been added to our col- 
lection. 
