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Guira Cuckoo— Guira piririgua


Para.


2 Chukar Partridges — Caccabis chukar


India.


Cuckoo — Cuculus canorus British Isles.


2 Crested Pigeons— Ocyphaps lophotes


Bred in Menagerie.


Spotted Pigeon— Columba ?naculosa ,,


4 Vinaceous Turtle Doves — ■


Turtur vinaceus ,,


Yellow-bellied Liothrix — Liothrix lutens


India.



Western Aviarv.



Tortoise House.



2 Common Blue Birds— Sialia wilsoni


N. America. Western Aviary.


2 Chaffinches— Fringilla ccelebs.


British Isles. Parrot House.


Siskin— Chrysomitris spinus ,, ,, ,, ,,


Lesser Redpoll— -Acanthis rufescens ,, ,, ,,


2 Linnets— Acanthis cannabina ,, ,, ,,


Corn Bunting— Emberiza miliaria ,, ,, ,,


Levaillant’s Amazon— Chrysotis levaillanti


Mexico. ,, ,,


4 Red-banded Lorikeets— 7 > ichoglossus rubritorques


N. W. Australia. ,, ,,



2 Sulphury Buntings— Emberiza sulphurata


Japan.


2 Greater Vasa Parrots— Coracopsis vasa


Madagascar.


3 Glossy Ibises— Plegadis falcinellus


Bred in Menagerie.

5 Barn Owls — Strixflammea Europe.


Silky Cow Bird— Molothrus bona?'iensis


S. America.



Western Aviary.


Parrot House.


Great Aviary.

North. Aviary.


Western Aviaiy.



My notes for this month will, of necessity, be rather short,

chiefly because I have been unable to visit the Gardens, and also

because the list of arrivals gives 110 hint of any family which

might furnish me with an excuse for an article.


We may notice the list of breeding birds this month,

which, although of the ordinary character, is slightly larger than

last year’s ; the Great Black-backed Gulls have succeeded in

rearing their brood this year ; and three species of Pigeons ; the

Glossy Ibises have, as usual, brought off their young.



Two species are new to the collection, viz. : the Red-

banded Lorikeets from N. W. Australia, and the Sulphury

Buntings from Japan ; but neither of them call for any special

notice. The only other bird to be noted is the Silky Cow Bird,

which is an inhabitant of S. America, and resembles in its habits

our common Starling, accompanying the large herds of cattle

which wander over the plains of that Continent.



