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Regent's Park on Sunday, March 22nd. Mr. C. E. Wright, of Kettering, 

 writes that he found a Chaffiinch's nest with four eggs April 10th, a rather 

 early date. 



In the "Naturalist" for April, Mr. E. Hawarth, of Sheffield, records Larus 

 sabinii, L. minutus, Puffinns griseus and P. major at Bridlington in November, 

 1895. 



Mr. W. P. Pycraft has in "Natural Science" for April a second paper 

 on "The Wing of Archseopteryx " based upon a study of the two fossil birds 

 existing in the London and Berlin museums. He combats the view gene- 

 rally held that the manus was composed of five digits, three of which were 

 used for climbing, while the remaining two supported the remiges, and seeks 

 to prove that, like that of modern birds, it was made up of but three digits ; 

 he concludes that the first had two phalanges and the second three, the last 

 phalanx in each forming a claw, while the third digit was also armed with a 

 claw, a very rare feature in existing birds, it being also peculiar in having 

 four phalanges. 



The additions to the Zoological Society's Gardens since March 9th, 

 included a Maguari Stork (Dissura maguari) from South America, purchased 

 (E. Aviary); a Guira Cuckoo (Guira piririgua) from South America, pur- 

 chased (AV. Aviary) ; a Burrowing Owl (Speotyto cunicularia) from South 

 America, purchased ; a Brown Milvago (Milvago cliimango) from South 

 America, purchased (Kites' Aviary) ; a Ruff {Machetes pugnax), British, 

 purchased (Fish House); a Condor (Sarcoramphus gryphus^) from South 

 America, presented by Mr. C. J. W. Ogilvy (Vultures' Aviary) ; six 

 Mexican Quails (Callipepla squamma) from Mexico, purchased (W. 

 Aviary) ; three Scarlet Ibises (Eudocimus ruber') from Para, purchased (E. 

 Aviary) ; a Scarlet Tanager (Rhamphocoelus brasilius $ ) from Brazil, purchased 

 (W. Aviary) ; two Redshanks (Totanus calidris), British, purchased (Fish 

 House) ; and a Guillemot (Uria troile), British, presented by Mr. J. L. 

 Palmer (Fish House). 



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