174 BOTANIC GARDENS MENAGERIE. 



Bollulus roul-roal. 



The green partridge lives tolerably well, but is very shy 

 concealing itself in its box at the sight of visitors. They are 

 liable to the attacks of a bird louse .which crowd round the 

 head and neck and seem always if neglected to prove fatal. 

 The same parasite attacks and kills calaenus nicobarica. 



Caccabis chuhar. 



The Indian partridge presented lived for a year or two. 



Bhizothera longiros tris . 



The large partridge lives long and well. On one occasion 

 a couple which had been kept in cages apart for a long time by 

 a resident was presented to the gardens, as they were of differ- 

 ent sexes and always calling to each other, it was assumed 

 that they would live happily together but shortly after having 

 been put into the same enclosure, on the absence of the keeper, 

 the cock bird attacked the female and so pecked its head that 

 it died. 



Coturnix sp. 



The button quail is brought in large numbers from India 

 for food, but did not thrive when put into an open enclosure, 

 as they seemed to suffer from damp. 



Coturnix communis. 



Common quail was In the aviaries in 1880. 



Ballim:. 

 Erythra phoenicurus. 



The common water rail is frequently caught as it not 

 rarely ^ies into houses at night attracted by the light, most 

 so caught lived but a short time but some presented by Mr. 

 Down lived long, and some are still living. It is common in a 

 wild state in the garden where it often nests. 



Porpliyrio Edwardsi. 



The purple coot, lived a very long time in captivity. The 

 feet of these birds are apt to get swollen if the floor of the 

 cage is of stone or cement. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



