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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 



BALD EAGLES to DAYS OLD, TWO HOURS AFTER LEAVING NEST. 

 Hatched April 18, 1909, at the Zoological Garden, Buffalo, N. Y. 



The list of authorities are the ones which, as 

 far as I can ascertain, were the first to breed the 

 species mentioned. The full names and locali- 

 ties are as follows : 



Browning, Win. H.- 



-Rye, New York. 



Buffalo Zoological Garden — Dr. F. A. Cran- 

 dall, Jr. 



Cox, John A. — Fieldstone Farm, East Brew- 

 ster, Mass. 



Gallatin, Frederic — Noroton, Conn. 



Gould, Aviary of Howard — Mallory in charge 

 — Port Washington, L. I. 



Hodge, C. F. — Worcester, Mass. 



Hudson, Percy K. — East Norwich, Long Is- 

 land. 



Kuser, Col. Anthony R. — Bernardsville, N. J. 



Lawrence, W. B. — Flushing, Long Island. 



Little, Dr. Geo. W.— Glens Falls, N. Y. 



National Zoological Park — Frank Baker, 

 Director — Washington, D. C. 



New York Zoological Park — W. T. Horna- 

 day, Director. 



Philadelphia Zoological Park — A. I. Brown, 

 Director. 



Thompson, Aviaries of Mrs. F. F. — E. A. 

 Watts in charge — Canandaigua, N. Y. 



Whealton, J. W. — Chincoteague, Virginia. 



Whitman, C. O. — Chicago, Ills. 



Worthington, Aviaries of C. C. — C. W. Mil- 

 ler in charge. 



It is hoped that anyone who has bred species 

 of birds not on this list will send their records 

 with full data to the Editor of this department. 



I have recently compiled the above tentative 

 list of the species of wild birds which have been 

 bred in captivity in the Eastern United States. 

 It numbers 109 species, and this will doubtless be 

 doubled or trebled when many persons who have 

 not as yet rejolied to my inquiries, have sent in 

 their reports. The list, meagre as it is, includes 

 some interesting species and several are worthy 

 of more detailed mention. 



European Herring Gulls. — The European 

 Herring Gulls formed a successful breeding 

 colony in the New York Zoological Park several 

 years ago until they were exterminated by wild 

 minks which came down the Bronx River, thus 

 carrying their depredations into the very heart 

 of New York City. The mink danger has now 

 been overcome and a new lot of young gulls has 

 been obtained from Lake Champlain, through 

 the kindness of Mr. Edward Hatch, for the pur- 

 pose of re-establishing the colony. 



Bald Eagle. — The breeding of the Bald 

 Eagle in captivity in the Buffalo Zoological 

 Gardens is, I believe, the first and only record. 

 Dr. F. A. Crandall, Jr., has kindly furnished 

 the following data and photograph of the young 

 eagles: 



"The mother bird was caught in Georgian 

 Bay, Canada, in 1898. The father was brought 

 from Alaska in 1903. Both birds were between 

 two and three years old when received." 



"The female" has had three mates, the first for 

 two seasons, and one each for the last two years. 

 She has laid four clutches of eggs, the first two 



