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Bird Notes from the Zoological Gardens.



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3 Reeves’s Pheasants ( Phasianus reevesi). .. N. China.


Burrowing-Owl (Speolyto cunicularia). .. S. America.


Crowned Cranes {Balearica pavonina). .. W. Africa.


Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo


{Cacatua galerita). Australia.


Lesser Black-backed Gull {Lams fuscus). .. British Isles.


Antarctic Skuas ( Stercorarius antarcticus). .. Antarctic Seas.


Hybrid Pigeon (between Columba palumbus


and Columba livia, (var.)). Bred in England,

f-bred Pigeon (between Columba livia (var.) and

Columba palumbus, and Columba livia (var.)).


Bred in England.


Roseate Cockatoos {Cacatua roseicapilla). .. Australia.


Madagascar Porphyrios


{Porphyrio madagascariensis). Madagascar.

Yellow-vented Parrakeets {Psephotus xanthorrhous). Australia.


Rose-coloured Pastors {Pastor roseus ). .. India.


Goshawk {Asturpalumbarius). .. Europe.


Western Slender-billed Cockatoo


{Licmetis pastinator) W. Australia.



2 Keas {Nestor notabilis). .. New Zealand.


6 White-crowned Pigeons {Columba leucocephala ). West Indies.

2 Large-billed Weavers (. Ploceus megarhynchus). .. Naina Tal.



A specimen of the Boat-billed Night-Heron, received on

April 1st, is a very interesting addition to the collection, and the

only one of its kind owned by the Zoological Society since 1883,

before which year however some nine or ten examples had lived

in the Gardens at various times. It is a native of Tropical

America, and the only species of the genus Cancroma. “ It

seems,” writes Professor Newton, “ to be merely a Night-Heron

(.Nycticorax ) with an exaggerated bill, so much widened as to

suggest its English name, and its habits, so far as they are

known, confirm the inference derived from its structure.”



A fine example of the Alexandra or Princess of

Wales’ Parrakeet, presented to the Society by Mrs. St. Clair

Christophers, is a very valuable addition. The species was

figured in Volume V. (Sept. 1899) of this Magazine, and is also

referred to elsewhere in the present issue. It is closely allied

to the Barraband and Rock Pepler or Black-tailed Parrakeet,

though it differs from these in the possession of a curious

feature in the formation of the third primary feather, which has

given rise to the adoption of the generic term Spathopterus

(see Parrakeets, page 126).



