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The Society's Medal.



I should like to think that the Water Rail was really as common in

Kent in summer as his remarks would lead one to believe, for if so, it must

breed there, conclusive evidence of which I have been seeking in vain for

years. N. F. TiCEHURST.



THE WHITE-EYEBROWED WOODSWALLOW.


Mr. Henry ScherrEn writes:—“Looking over some old Reports

of the Zoological Society, I came on the entry of Artamus superciliosus,

among birds bred at the Gardens in 1870.” Later he writes : “ I was at

Hanover Square to-day and Miss Schneider kindly looked over the death

book. They were hatched on July 2nd, 1870; one lived until August 5th,

1870, the other we could not trace. It may have escaped or been exchanged

or given away.”



CURASSOWS BREEDING AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.


In 1906 a female Heck’s Curassow (Crax hecki) paired with male

Globose (C. globicera .), nested and hatched one young bird in the large flying

aviary opposite the Eastern Aviary. This unfortunately was not reared.

For some reason the birds were left in the Plastern Aviary the following

vear, where they had 110 chance of nesting.


This year the pair was put into the Pheasantry 011 the North bank,

where the hen hatched out two chicks about the middle of August, which

so far are doing very well, the nest having been built in the shelter at the

back of the aviary. For the first few days the young birds took their food

from the bill of their parent, though they very soon learned to pick for

tlieinselves. We hope to publish a full account next month.



THE SOCIETY’S MEDAL.



Medals have been awarded to Mr. C. Barn by Smith and

Mrs. C. H. Williams for having successfully reared young of the

Partridge Tinamou (Nothoprocta perdicariaj and the Brown-

throated Conure (Comums ceruginosus') respectively. The Com¬

mittee much regret that they cannot present a medal also to Mr.

Brook for breeding the White-eyebrowed Wood-Swallow, this

species having been successfully bred in the London Zoo in 1870.



[Post Mortem Examination Reports received too late for insertion].



