Horsbrugh took with him from England a quan- 
tity of bird food thought suitable for the paradise 
birds when in captivity, but experience showed 
this to be useless, and after many experiments 
he at length devised a mixture comprising various 
dried fruits which, when combined with a pro- 
portion of the flesh of dead relatives, suited the 
captives admirably. The lecturer has travelled 
through the wilds of many tropical countries, and 
it was due to his long experience with natives 
and jungles that his expedition to New Guinea 
in 1908 proved so successful. The capture of 
the birds was left entirely in the hands of the 
natives, it being practically impossible for a w hite 
man to penetrate the jungles. The journey home 
almost proved disastrous owing to the lack of 
suitable accommodation on the small boats plying 
between New Guinea and Ausiralia. Eventually 
the consignment reached London in the personal 
charge of Mr. Horsbrugh, much to the delight of 
bird-lovers. 
meethe close the Chairman (Mr. A.. M’I. 
Cleland) proposed a vote of thanks to the lec- 
turer, which was passed with acclamation. 
General Notes. 
By Joun D. Hamiyn. 
THAT the famous performing Ourang Outang 
has died in Rome of Spanish Influenza. 
—3— 
THAT I deeply regret the death of Lord Sher- 
borne better known as the Hon. and Rev. 
Canon Dutton. This learned gentleman was a 
very old customer of mine. I also have to 
announce the death of Miss Alderson, the es- 
teemed Secretary of the ‘“Avicultural Maga- 
zine.” 
—%e_ 
THAT Mr. C. Barnby Smith contemplates a trip 
to New Zealand. 
—x— 
THAT “The Books of a Naturalist,” by W. H. 
Hudson, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 
1919, price 12/- net, is well worth perusing. 
— 2 
THAT Miss Chawner enquires in “Avicultural 
Notes” as to the arrival of the Cuban consign- 
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ment, ‘‘What are the Blue Birds and the Red 
and Green Butterfly Birds?’’ I am afraid they 
are ordinary Indigoes and Nonpareils in colour. 
The fancy names were those sent me by my 
collector. 
—%— 
THAT it is quite a new departure in journalism 
and Magazine life for a dealer to be given gratis 
a list of his imaginative arrivals occupying 
neatly two pages. If the “Avicultural Maga- 
zine’ afforded me the same privilege, I could 
fill the whole of their Magazine with genuine 
arrivals the last 3 months. It is of course, an 
acknowledged fact that I receive more straight- 
forward ‘consignments than the rest of the 
other dealers in Great Britain, I mean stock 
which has paid freight, and the usual importa- 
tion charges. I am the only Dealer in Great 
Britain who has three collectors abroad. The 
Editor is welcome to continue giving Mr. 
Rogers a free advertisement, 
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THAT I have received a very interesting letter 
from the Game Conservator for Zululand. He 
writes complaining of the great slaughter of 
animals from one end to the other of Zululand 
outside his Game Reserves. He caught last 
year a young black rhinoceros for the Durban 
Zoo, and is now trying to secure a white rhino- 
ceros from the Mfolozi Reserve for the same 
Gardens. I am promised descriptive articles 
from Zululand which I look forward to with 
pleasure. 
a 
THAT Dr. Peter Chalmers Mitchell’s flight over 
Africa has met with misfortune. Some half 
Way over the machine crashed to the earth, the 
learned Doctor and his companions having a 
close shave. I trust he will ultimately arrive 
at his destination safe and sound. 
Ei 
THAT the Crystal Palace will re-open on June 
lst and continue until October with the Great 
War Exhibition with important sections devoted 
to industry and commerce. Applications for 
concessions in the Amusement Section are now 
invited for scenic railway, joy wheel, side 
shows, etc. All applications must be made to 
Mr. Henry James Buckland, General Manager, 
Crystal Palace, S.E. 19. 
— ok 
THAT a huge Gorilla was killed in the forest of 
Bambio, Central Africa. It stood over 9 feet 
high, and weighed about 600 Ibs. An excellent 
