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treated her, and about eight hours afterwards she laid a thin-

shelled egg, and immediately after that was quite well again.



[My brother left England for Uganda early in June and

asked me to look at his Francolins wheuever I was in the

neighbourhood. I fear, however, there is not much to add to the

above notes. The hen that was egg-bound suffered from the

same complaint on two occasions later and was then removed to

another compartment.


On the 16th of July, in peeping through the wire I noticed

a batch of five eggs in a “ scratch” under some branches in a

corner of the aviary, these having been laid by the second hen.

I did not see them again until the 7th of August, when there

were seven cold eggs in the nest, on which the hen had

apparently never attempted to sit. As they looked perfectly good

I decided to take them and attempt to hatch them in an

incubator. I fear, however, that having lain so long unturned

in the nest, there will be little chance of their hatching.



D. Seth-Smith.]



BIRD NOTES FROM THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.



Additions during the month of July 1904



July i. i Leadbeater’s Cockotoo [Cacatua leadbeateri).

,, 2. 1 Vulturine Eagle (Aquila verreauxi).


,, 3. 2 Ortolan Buntings (Einberisa hortulana).


.,, 5. 3 Crested Screamers (Chauna cristata).


,, 5. 1 Emu {Dromceus novae — hollandice) s .


„ 5. 2 Egyptian Geese (Chenalopexcegyptiacus).


„ 5. I Common Buzzard {Buteo vulgaris).


„ 7. 5 Upland Geese (Chloephaga magellanica).


„ 8. 2 .Spur-winged Geese (Plectropterusgambensis)


8. 1 Angolan Vulture (Gypohierax ahgolensis).


,, 8. 1 Short-eared Owl (Asio brachyotus).


,, 8. 2 Grey-headed Love-birds (Agapornis can a).


,, 8. 1 Great-billed Andaman Parrakeet



Madagascar.



(Argentina).



(Patagonia).



W. Africa.

Africa.

Europe.



Australia.

N. Africa.

Europe.



Australia.

S. Africa.

Europe.



(.Palceornis inagnirostris



Andaman Is.

British Isles.



9. 3 Hobbies (Falco subbuieo).



