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ninoiie else unnecessarily. Nevertheless the Crested Bunting is a very 
interesting species and very rarely imported. It is common in China and 
breeds in the Himalayas up to a considerable altitude, but seldom descends 
to the plains. The female is very unlike the male, being dark browa 
with some black striations and having only an insignificant crest. From 
Die Gefiedrle Well, of i6th September, I extract the following : " They 
are only seen in the bird market now and again ; Gotz offered some for sale 
in the spring. I have a nice male bird, which is very lively and graceful. 
Like the rest of the Buntings, he eats mostly mixed seeds also soft-food but 
has a great preference for mealworms. He is not quarrelsome but some- 
times likes to tease. You can always tell when he is angry or pleased bv 
the way he raises or lowers his crest. The call note is long drawn and shrill. 
His song consists of four or five different notes and is chiefly heard in the 
early morning. It is a pity one cannot obtain this species more frequently 
as it is quite an ornament in an aviary." The illustration in D. G. W. is 
entitled Hanbenamnier" but in the letterpress it is called "Schopfain7ner." 
Both these names mean the same thing, namely Crested Bunting. 
A'li THE Zoo. The beautiful little Flower-pecker (Dicaeun igtiicolle) 
is coming into much better colour; it apparently eats nothing but fruit. 
The new Greater Bird of Paradise, presented by Sir W. Ingram, is a very big 
bird, but not yet in colour, and therefore hardh' replaces the late lamented 
jnale. There is a very interesting Egyptian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalns 
stentorens) in the Bird-house deposited by Mr. Bonhote, about which an 
interesting paragraph appeared recently in the Field. I cannot, however, 
quite follow the writer when he says that it is "scarcely distinguishable 
from the Great Reed War)>ler." A. stentorens has a remarkably long beak 
and its breast is dull greyish buff, whereas A. inrdoides has the breast 
bright buff. W.E.T. 
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Canary. (M. Lock). Cause of death, enlarged and fatty liver and 
pneumonia. 
AVADAVAT and young Zp:ri<a Finch. (K. Brotherton). Both died from 
pneumonia. The seed was in excellent condition. 
BuDGKRiGAK. (Hayward W. Mathias). Cause of death, pneumonia. 
YoRKSHiKK Cock Canary. (W. .Smith). Cause of death, pneumonia. 
Grkknfinch. (Miss Brickwood). Cause of death, pneumonia. 
White Java Sparrow, vSteel Finch and Weaver. (Mrs. B. W. 
Hodgkin), In each case the cause of death was pneumonia. 
Vior^KT Tanager. (H. V. Johnson). Cause of death, pneumor.ia and 
enlarged kidneys. 
Cock Zebra Imnch. (T. K. Hadley). The intestine was ruptured, 
probably by an injury. 
- ' H. Gray, M.R.C.V.S. 
