88 Birds in the Prince of Wales Collection at the Zoological Gardens


1 Wood Francolin ( Francolinus gularis ).


5 Chukar Partridges ( Caccabis chukar).


2 Grey Pigeons ( Columbia grisea).*


4 Blue-tailed Fruit Pigeons {Carpophaga concinna).


8 Nutmeg Fruit Pigeons ( Myristicivora bicolor).


1 Jambu Fruit Pigeon ( Leucotreron jambu)


1 Southern Fruit Pigeon ( Crocopus chlorogaster).


23 Spotted Turtle Doves ( Spilopelia tigrinus).


6 Green-winged Doves ( Chalcophaps indica).


1 Burmese Sarus Crane ( Antigone sharpei).*


3 Javan Adjutants (Leptoptilus javanicus).


3 Indian Adjutants (L. argala).


2 White-necked Storks ( Dissoura episcopus).


5 Lesser Egrets (Mesophoyx intermedia ).*


1 Black-crested Bittern ( Gorsachius melanolophus) *


1 Water Cock ( Gallicrex cinerea).


3 White-breasted Gallinules {Ammkrornis phcenicura).


5 Painted Quails {Excalfactoria chinensis).


2 Nonpareil Finches {Erythrura prasina).


2 Maja Finches ( Mania maja).


2 Java Sparrows (M. oryzivora).


2 Sharp-tailed Finches {Vroloncha acuticauda).


1 White-bellied Finch (U. leucogaster).*


1 Malayan Pied Hornbill (Antliracoceros malayanus).


1 Malayan Wood Owl {Syrnium sinense).


Of the above those marked with an asterisk are new to the

Zoological Society’s collection, and of these perhaps the most interesting

to the aviculturist is the Grey Pigeon, which is a very rare bird in

skin collectioirs. It inhabits Borneo and Sumatra, and has never

before been imported alive so far as I know. In colour it is of a very

pale grey, the primary feathers and their coverts and the apical half

of the tail being black, while the iris is bright red. The species formed

the subject of a coloured plate in the Catalogue of Birds in the British

Museum.


The White-bellied Finch may very likely have been imported,

though I do not remember to have seen it. It is a dark-coloured



