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only once been fortunate enough to see this delightful bird at

liberty. I had been examining a salmon pass on the river Ure

(Yorkshire) on Jan. 17th, 1893, and when near Westwick Dam, I

came upon a couple of Waxwings feeding on the hips of the dog-

rose in an old ragged hedge. The snow lay deep, but the sun was

shining, and I have a vivid recollection of the appearance of the

beautiful birds, as with very considerable effort they swallowed

the bright coloured berries. I have a note that they allowed me

to stand within seven or eight yards, and that I left them feeding.



SOME SHORT NOTES ON CENTROPUS

SUPERCILIOSUS IN CAPTIVITY.


By Gerard H. Gurney, F.Z.S.


In May last I brought home with me from British East

Africa, an example of the White-eyebrowed Lark-heeled Cuckoo

(Centropus superciliosus), which rare and curious species has, as

far as I am aware, never been brought before alive to England,

though some of the other species of Centropus have been kept

from time to time in the Gardens at Regents Park ; my specimen



