Corre,spo)ulc»ce. 
107 
" cm iTi'il Tddl . Friuii of llic iiii)ss\- w.'ilLs (if Ihi' iwsi thcra 
' ciiirrticil ;i, iiii; plant." 
I cMiiiKil (pKilc rmihrr; li.X . rc'iilcrs .should jji'ocure the book; 
tl](iiij.;li wrilirii miiiiily for \i.sr in luilia, it ncvcrtholftss should prove of 
great assislaiir:' In a viiulturi.sl.s, .since Himalayan birds bulk largely in 
jlian\- a,\i;irics, in the provision of .suitable acconinioilat ion to indiice the 
bird.s to rcproil iici' Ihcir kind in cnplivilx-; and uc cordially coiumend 
it to our ri'adcrs, as hcin^' uoi luciely ,ui iiilcrcsrini; book to be read 
and put asidi', but also to be used as a, work of refci'cncc. 
♦ 
Correspondence. 
HK XESTIXG RECoHi).— si LPHi in sei:j)-i;ateh . 
Sir,— i iiotici' that in the inset to the .lanuary number of Bird 
Notes the Suljihiiry Seed -eater is i-iM'orded as havini; been bred for 
the lirsl time in 191 I. 
Is not this a mistake? I'nle.s.s 1 am much mistaken this .species 
was bred by Mr. Tcschcma.kcr in litOl), and has a. place in your book.*- 
February 1-ith, lill;). 
South Bank, Gambia, E. HOPKINSON. 
In Vol. 1., Scries III. of Avieultnrnl Magazine, Page 292, 
appears an acc(ju]it of Mr. Tescheniaker's suceess with an apparent pair 
of i*^. st(lpliiir<iliis . Arisinr; from that article a letter appeared in Vol. 
II., "A.Al.' pointing <iut iliai Air. Teschemaker's description of his 
female fitteil N. iilblrjiilarix ami not <S'. siilphii riif iis . In the next 
number of the same .loumal Mr. Tesehvuiaker replied acknowledging that, 
after a visit to the British Museum and a. look through their series of 
ekins, his supposed pair were really a male S. nxlphiiratiis and a 
female iS'. alhif/iilaris, (some species of Scriniis are most difficult to 
determine, save by a close comparison of skins), therefore the 5'oung 
reared were hybrids We do not think a medal was granted, or if so it 
was returned. Thus, unless tlier<' is some later record, of which we are 
not aware, Mr. Shore Baily is entitled to the Club's ]\IedaI for being 
the first to succeed with this species. — Ed.]. 
*1 fell into the same error as the writer of this letter, and 
did not discover same till Mr. Shore Baily's success had corrected it! — • 
W. T Page. 
NOTES OF AISTBALIAN BIRDS. 
Sir.— I have pleasure in sending you another extract from my 
friend's letter as follows : — 
The Reverina district is my native place. ]\[y father 
. " owns a sheep station and does a considerable amount of wheat - 
" growing. I have shot many hundreds of Galahs, Cockatoos, Quar- 
" rions, Bed-rumps, and other Parrots. Galahs and Cockatoos alight 
" oi\ the wheat -fields in flocks of between two and three thousands ; 
" when the wheat is aboiit two inches high they pull it up and bite off 
