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Ducks: Mandarin, Carolina, Ciiilian and Coinmoii Pintail, 
Coniniou and Chilian Wis'c'on, Gai'gancy, Bluo-wiiiged 
and Common Teal, Ruddy, New Zealand and Common 
Sheldrake; Crested and Common Pochaitls, etc. 
HvBKii) Ducks: Pin-tail X Mallard, Wigeon X Mallard, Po- 
chard X Rosy -bill. 
Pheasants: (!old, Amherst and Elliot's; . also hybrid Cold x 
Amherst, and Silver x Swinhoe's. 
Etcetekas: Flamingo, Demoiselle Cranes, Spoonbills, Com- 
mon Stork, Heron, Curlew, l^lue Gallinules, Plovers, and 
small Waders. 
I think an ei)isode in the life of my Flamingo may 
prove of passing interest. 
The negative, from which 
the print was recently 
made, was taken twenty 
years ago by my friend 
ami fellow member, Mr. 
F. Somers, M.R.C.V.S. 
It will be noted that one 
of the Flamingo's legs is 
in splints. The biid 
slipped off the edge of 
the pond and broke its 
leg, and I had to try my 
hand at " first aid." I 
got some wood splints and 
wide tape, bound it up, 
and then sent off for Mr. 
Somers, who put round 
the splints a casing of 
plaster of Paris ; as soon 
as this was set the bird 
was able to limp about. 
1 had some little trouble 
owing to the foot swell- 
ing, but l)y keeping it on 
very damp sods he was quite fit again in a lew weeks. 
My Psittaci: These were mostly Macaws, of which I 
possessed: Blue and Yellow, Red and Green, Red and Yellow, 
