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presented by C. A. Lowes, Esq. (Eastern Aviary) ; four Common Quails 

 (Coturnix communis) N. Africa, presented by J. Rooney, Esq. (Western 

 Aviary) ; one White-crested Touracou (Corythaix albocristata), S. Africa, 

 deposited (Parrot House); one Little Grebe (Tachybaples Jluviatilis), Suffolk, 

 presented by Mr. Howard Bunn (Fish House) ; one Ariel Toucan (Ram- 

 phastos ariel), Brazil, purchased (Parrot House) ; three Maguari Storks (Dis- 

 sura maguari), Chili, deposited (Eastern Aviary) ; one Orange-cheeked 

 Amazon (Chrysotis autamnalis), Honduras, presented by Mr. Baratti (Parrot 

 House) ; one Common Heron (Ardea cinerea), British Isles, presented by E. 

 J. Foyser, Esq., F.Z.S. (Eastern Aviary) ; four Montagu's Harriers (Circus 

 cineraceus, juv.), Norfolk, presented by W. J. Laidlay, Esq. (North 

 Aviary) ; three Pin tailed Sand-Grouse (Pterocles alchata), Spain, presented 

 by G. P. Torrens, Esq., F.Z.S. (Western Aviary) ; two Ruffs (Machetes 

 ■pugnax) $ $? , British Isles, purchased (Western Aviary) ; one Levaillant's 

 Amazon (Chrysotis levaillanti) , Mexico, purchased (Parrot House) ; seven 

 Pratincoles (Glareola pratincola'), Europe, deposited (Western Aviary) ; one 

 Long-tailed Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis seneus), W. Africa, purchased 

 (Western Aviary) ; one King- Parrot (Aprosmictus scapulatus) $ , Australia, 

 presented by Mrs. Lyons (Parrot House) ; one Austrahan Wild Duck (Anas 

 superciliosa), four Mandarin Ducks (JEx galericulata) and one Rosy-billed 

 Duck (Metopiana peposaca), bred in the Menagerie (Duck Ponds). 



BOOKS, &c, RECEIVED. 



The Osprey, Yol. i., No. 2, October, 1896. The Osprey Co., Galesburg, 

 111. 



Science Gossip, New Series, Nos. 29 and 30, Oct. and Nov., 1896. John 

 T. Carrington, Editor. 



Ornithologische Monatsberichte, Vol. iv., No. 10, October, 1896. Prof. 

 Dr. Reichenow, Editor. 



Tie Naturalist, Nos. 255 and 256, Oct. and Nov., 1896. W. Denison 

 Roebuck, Editor. 



The Naturalists' Journal, Nos. 52 and 53, Oct. and Nov., 1896. S. L. 

 Mosley, Editor. 



Nature Notes, Nos. 82 and 83, Oct. and Nov., 1896. London : 

 John Bale & Sons. 



The Irish Naturalist, Vol. v., No. 10, October, 1896. Dublin : Eason 

 & Son, Limited. 



