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an ornithologist, whatever else he may be. Mr. Mosley remarks that we 

 have called his "Annotated Catalogue" "a most useful guide." May we 

 observe that we sometimes indulge in ironies ! 



At a meeting of the Linnean Society of London, held on May 7th, Dr. J. 

 E. Aitcheson, C.I.E., exhibited some specimens of an Indian Woodpecker 

 (Dendrocopus himalayensis) obtained on the Murree Hills at an elevation of 

 7,000 feet, for the purpose of calling attention to an unrecorded habit of this 

 bird of fixing walnuts in the bark of trees in order to extract the kernels. 

 Dr. P. L. Sclater, and Mr. J. E. Harting made some additional remarks on 

 a similar habit of storing acorns recorded of a Californian Woodpecker 

 (Melanerpes formicivorw, Bonap.) So far as had been ascertained, no such 

 habit had been observed, or at least recorded, in the case of the European 

 Dendrocopus major, which is closely allied to the Indian species. 



ADDITIONS TO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION 

 DURING MAY. 



Two Spotted Tinamous (Nothura maculosa) from Buenos Ayres, purchased 

 (W. Aviary) ; a Canary Finch (Serinus canarius) from Madeira, presented by 

 H. B. Hewetson, Esq., F.Z.S. (W. Aviary) ; an African Tantalus {Tantalus 

 ibis) from E. Africa, presented by Captain Dugmore (E. Aviary) ; two Blue- 

 headed Pigeons (jStarncenas cyanocepliala) from Cuba, purchased (W. Aviary) ; 

 two Auriculated Doves {Zenaida auriculata $ <j>) from Chili, purchased (W. 

 Aviary) ; two Picui Doves (Columbula picui S ? ) from S. America, purchased 

 (W. Aviary); four Cape Doves (ffiwa capensis, 2 <? , 2 $ ) from S. Africa, 

 purchased (W. Aviary) ; two Crowned Pigeons (Goura corovata) from New 

 Guinea, purchased (W. Aviary) ; a Chinese Goose (Anser cygnoidts £) from 

 China, presented by L. G. Leverson, Esq., F.Z.S. (Goose Paddocks) ; a 

 Southern Fruit-Pigeon {Crocopus cldorogaster) from India, purchased (W. 

 Aviary); a White-Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua cristata) from the Moluccas, 

 presented by Mrs. Crofts (Parrot House) ; two Pennant's Parrakeets 

 {Platycercus pennanti) from Australia, presented by Clifford Brooks, Esq. 

 (Parrot House) ; a Nicobar Pigeon (Calcenas mcooarica) from the Indian 

 Archipelago, purchased (W. Aviary) ; a Lesser Kestrel (1'innuncuius cenchris) 

 captured off the Coast of Sicily, presented by Miss M. J. L. Spaull (N. 

 Aviary) ; two Undulated Grass-Parrakeets Melopsittacus undulatus <? ? ) from 

 Australia, purchased (Parrot House) ; a Pied Crow Shrike (Strepera 

 graculina) from Australia, purchased (Crows' Cages) ; two Whooptr Swans 

 (Cygnus musicus) from Europe, purchased (Duck Ponds) ; a Blue-bearded 

 Jay (Cyanocorax cyanopogon) from Para, presented by Captain H. C. T. 

 Beadnell, F.Z.S. (W. Aviary) ; two Indian Tree-Ducks (Demlrocygna 

 javanica) from India, purchased (E. Aviary) ; an Ash-coloured Falcon 

 (Falco concolor $) from S.E. Africa, purchased (N. Aviary); a Hawk 



