176 Correspondence


will kindly have corrected in the next issue of the Avicvltuml

Magazine :—


Hr ral a


p. 134, 2nd paragraph, 2nd line: (amber) brown should read

(umber) brown.


p. 134, 3rd paragraph, 2nd line: “ wing ” twigs should read


“ slender ” twigs.


p. 134, 5th paragraph, 3rd line : “ coached ” hemp should read

“ cracked ” hemp.


p. 134, last paragraph, 5th line : “ envious ” display should read

“ curious ” display.


Yours faithfully,


G. E. Rattigan.


P.S.—I have learned since I wrote to the Magazine on this species

that Dr. Amsler claims to have bred them in 1911, though he never

published an account of the episode nor apparently took any notes.

In any case, this appears to be the first published and detailed account

of this species breeding in captivity in this country.


SUCCESSFUL BREEDING RESULTS


Sirs,- — My birds have done fairly well this year, and I have had the

following young ones : 10 Cut-throats, 3 Cuba Finches, 2 Silver-bills,

2 Blue Grosbeaks, 2 Saltators, 4 Blue Robins (but lost three of them

later), 12 or more Zebra Finches, 2 Green Cardinals, 1 Virginian

Cardinal, 8 Masked Doves, 4 Australian Crested Doves, 6 Geofi’roy’s

Doves, 4 Peaceful Doves. 3 Cockatiels, 2 Redrumps, and 3 hybrid

Golden-breasted Waxbill and Avadavat. My pair of Baltimore

Orioles built two nests and laid once, but the eggs failed to hatch.

Rock Buntings, Golden-breasted Buntings, Nonpareil Buntings, and

a pair of small Grosbeaks all nested but failed to hatch.


Herbert Bright.


BREEDING GANG-GANG COCKATOOS


Sirs,- — I am pleased to tell you that I have been successful in

breeding Gang-gang Cockatoos this past summer.


F. G. Hedges.


Caudebec-les-Elbeuf, France.



