238 Report of the Meetings for 1895. 



treatment, but the Japanese deer thrive well and breed 

 freely; the Axis have also bred. 



Much interest was displayed, at the visit of the Club, in 

 the herd of five White-tailed Gnus {Conrochoetes gnu.) Two 

 younj^ ones were born this year, and one young bull was 

 killed in a pitched battle with a rival. 



We may now pass on to the Ornithological specimens, and 

 we find the Emeus {Dromoeus novcB-hoUandim) and the South 

 American Ostriches {Rhea americana) both appearing quite 

 at home. At the time of the Club's visit one pair of 

 Emeus had nested in the open, and had brought up a brood 

 of six young birds ; and there were also five young Eheas 

 which had been hatched the previous June, and also one 

 bird brouu:ht out by an Incubator, which showed much less 

 strength than those naturally reared. 



We find also examples of several species of Geese — 

 Egyptian (Anser nilotiea), Cereopsis Geese from Australia, and 

 Canadian Geese ; and also of Cranes — the Common Crane 

 {Grus communis), two varieties of Crowned Cranes {Balearica 

 regulorum and Balearica pavonina), and also the Stanley or 

 Paradise Crane {Grus pardisea) from Ethiopia. 



A specimen of the Crested Screamer {Cariama cristata*) 

 from South America, nearly related to the Bustard tribe, 

 and a single specimen of Java Peafowl [Pavo muticus) will 

 also attract attention. 



Rev. George Gunn's Eeport. 



Our outing was pleasing and diversified. There was a 

 large company, and some 60 dined. Many did not dine 

 from want of time, and others crossed to Holy Island for 

 the walk, three golfed, and others returned to Berwick by 

 an early train. 



Mr Leyland was represented by Mr Forster, Mr Frost, and 

 the keeper. Our first party, which came from the north, 

 walked round without waiting for those from the south, and 

 certainly we were greatly interested in the live stock. 



* Cariama cristata. See List of Animals in the National Zoological 

 Park, Washington, U.S.A. (1894.) Smithsonian Report, 1894.— J.H. 



