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made a very good start, and the criticisms one 
would feel inclined to make — that there is very 
unequal representation of groups, and practically 
only the easiest subjects seem to be kept — may 
very fairly be applied to zoos in general every- 
where. 
The whole country of New Zealand itself is 
a bit of a zoo now-a-days, owing to the introduc- 
tion of so many foreign animals; besides the deer 
and pigs, the thrushes and blackbirds, most of the 
British finches above-mentioned are well-known 
there, and the starling is very common. The 
hedge-sparrow, rook, and lapwing, have also been 
introduced, as well as the "Australian magpie," 
or piping crow, and the Indian house-mynah, 
while the rosella parrakeet and the black swan 
have been established as well. The rivers now 
contain our trout, which grow as big as small 
salmon, and the fishing, like the deer-stalking, is 
a great attraction. 
L'Observation des Oiseaux en Aeroplane. 
M. Magaud d'Aubusson vient de communi- 
quer a la Societe Nationale d'Aviculture de France 
les tres interessantes observations faites par un 
de nos aviateurs aux armees, le capitaine G 
chef d'escadrille, sur les oiseaux qu'il rencontre 
au cours de ses vols en aeroplane. 
II a rencontre des hirondelles jusqu'a 700 
metres, et recemment des cols verts a 1,800 
metres. Une bande de ceux ci l'a beaucoup in- 
teresse : quand le canard de tgte, effraye par 
l'avion, change de direction de vol, instantane- 
ment tous ceux qui le suivent virent de bord avec 
un ensemble parfait, au point "qu'on dirait que le 
volier pivote d'un meme block autour d'une char- 
niere." Jugee d'apres la vitesse de l'avion, ceye 
de ces bandes de canards doit atteindre 110 kilo- 
metres a l'heure en vol horizontal. 
En mars dernier, le capitaine G a tra- 
verse a faible hauteur (200 metres environ) une 
bande de maregues penelopes, a l'epoque exacte 
ou ce canard emigre versle nord de l'Europe orien- 
tale. Le 16 mars, il rcncontra une bande de van- 
ncaux a l'altitude de 2,150 metres. 
^ Ces quelques faits suffisent a montrer I'in- 
teret que nous aurions a recueillir beaucoup d' 
observations du m£me genre afin de mieux con- 
nail re les aiseaux dans leur element et les cpoques 
et trajets de leurs migration. 
GENERAL NOTES. 
THAT at the monthly general meeting of the Zoo- 
logical Society of London it was reported that 
101 additions had been made to the menagerie 
during February, among them being an Alla- 
mand's Grison (Grison allamandi), from Le 
Quiacea, Bolivia, presented by A. S. Hume; a 
European Bison (Bison bonasus), born in the 
menagerie; and two Golden Eagles (Aquila 
chrysaetus), from Ross-shire, presented by Lady 
Bignold. 
THAT an interesting account appears in "The 
Field" of the Penguins in the Scottish Zoologi- 
cal Park : — ■ 
" In January, 1914, the Scottish Zoologi- 
cal Park received, through the kindness of 
Messrs. Chr. Salvesen and Co., Leith, a con- 
signment of animals from South Georgia, which 
included four king penguins, and though one 
of them died within a short time, the other three 
have continued to live and thrive. Again, 
through the kindness of Messrs. Salvesen, five 
more young birds of this species have just been 
received. They were brought from South Geor- 
gia on one of Messrs. Salvesen 's steamers, the 
Coronda, the master of which, Capt. Sinqlair, 
who brought the previous lot, has taken great 
trouble to get the birds safely to Edinburgh, and 
their successful transport is due to the care and 
supervision which he has exercised. The feed- 
ing was a problem of considerable difficulty. 
To meet it the Coronda took out a larg-e quantity 
of dried cod, and the supply was augmented by 
catching sharks, which were cut up in small 
strips. 
"The new arrivals are birds of the year 
which completed their first moult, and their con- 
dition emphasises an interesting occurrence in 
connection with the moult of the three birds 
previously received. Of those three, two when 
they arrived in January, 1914, were in the 
brown down of the nestling, while the third was 
fully adult. According to their normal annual 
cycle those three birds ought, no doubt, to have 
moulted just about the time of their arrival in 
this country. As I noted in the 'Field' some two 
years ago, however, none of the young birds 
nor the adult showed any sign of moulting until 
the early summer after their arrival. In May 
one of the young birds showed signs of com- 
mencing the process, but this incipient moult 
was soon suspended, and the bird remained In 
a half-moulted condition throughout the sum- 
mer, and did not resume its moult until Septem- 
ber, while the remaining young birds moulted 
in August, and the adult in the following Octo- 
ber. In all three the moult was much protracted 
as compared with the period which it occupied 
in the two subsequent years in which thev have 
been under observation. The most interesting 
point, however, is that when the two nestlings 
completed their moult, they assumed the lull 
adult colouring, having the rich orange ear and 
throat patches, and the pink-coloured sheaths 
