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bird of prey, with meat or feathers in its claws, for the Quail or

Pigeon. This particularly applies to Eagles, who seem incapable of

resisting an attack on something smaller, with food in its talons.


From the last line, page 93 and the first half a dozen lines of page 94,

it would appear that the Tiercel is the female. This, of course, is not

the case. Amongst the birds of prey, generally (with some very

few exceptions) the female is very much bigger than the male, and hence

the name tiercel—from tierce, a third—is applied to the male of a

falcon, i.e. a third the size.


C. H. Donald, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U.



BREEDING LESSER SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOOS


Sirs, —I have succeeded in hatching two Lesser Sulphur-crested

Cockatoos. The male did most of the incubating. I thought this

might interest you, as I do not suppose it is of frequent occurrence.

The nest is a very stout square box hung on a wire 14 feet from the

ground. I intend to try my luck with C. roseicapillus $ and

C. leculbeateri ?.



M. V. Allen.



