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Hypocryptadius cinnamomeus, Hartert. 



Zosterops goodfellowi, Hartert. 



Hyloterpe apoensis, Mearns. 



jEtJiopyga holtoni, Mearns. 



Macronus mindanensis montanus, Mearns. 



Brachypteryx Tnindanensis, Mearns. 



Pseudotharrhaleus wnicolor, Hartert (? = P. griseipedus, 



Mearns) . 

 RMpidura nigrocinfiamomea, Hartert. 

 Muscicapula tnontigena, Mearns. 

 Stoparola nigriloris, Hartert. 

 Parus elegans mindanensis, Mearns. 

 Trichoglossus johnstonice, Hartert. 

 Prioniturus ivaterstradti, Eothscliild. 

 Caprimulgus affinis mindanensis, Mearns. 



Mr. D. Seth-Smith made the following* remarks : — 



(1.) Young of the Varied Hemipode {Turnix varia). 



" I have exj)erimented in breeding the Australian Varied 

 Hemipode in my aviary during the past summer, and 

 succeeded in rearing two of the young hirds to maturity. 

 I have already published a full account of this in the 

 " Avicultural Magazine," so need say very little about it 

 except to explain the specimens I have to exhibit. 



" The period of incubation is remarkably short in all the 

 species of Hemipodes, and in this species only lasts about 

 thirteen days^, though it varies somewhat according to the 

 temperature of the weather. I have here two newly- 

 hatched chicks, in which it is interesting to notice their 

 peculiar hairiness, especially on the nape. Then I have 

 a specimen nine days old, which is just beginning to 

 fledge, and another fourteen days old, which is practically 

 feathered, except on the head, and would be perfectly 

 capable of flight. I have also a bird twenty-five days 

 old, which is hardly distinguishable from the adult male. 

 I reared two specimens to maturity, and when between six 

 and seven weeks old the young female had assumed her 

 full adult colouring, and when eight weeks old I noticed 



