Editorial. 
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£rrata : On page 30, 1st line lor " It was indeed a beautiful 
specie^," read It is indeed 
On page 36, line 19, for " levcneeplidla " read leucocephda. 
On page 38, line 16, for " Red Rossella " read Red Rosella. 
Oi. page 39, line 18, for very fine Bickenos Finch and Gouldian 
Finches," rend very fine Bicheno and Gouldian Finches. 
On page 40, line 25, for " Silver-eared Messias," read Silver- 
eared Mesias. 
On page 66, line 8, for " rumps " read rump. 
On page 91, line 7 from bottom, for " anils " read anaUs. 
Correspondence. 
Brazilian Hangnests, fic. Sir.^As there has been much written 
lately in praise of the Brazilian Hangnest, I think that perhaps the following 
notes of my experience with one of these birds may be of some interest. 
Though, I also consider them to be most clever and interesting birds, still, as 
my experience will prove, individuals at any rate are extremely dangerous 
when placed with other birds. 
I bought the bird in question, a very fine specimen of its kind (the 
pale yellow variety) from a dealer about two years ago. T turned it out in 
an aviary 33ft. x Mt. x 10ft., divided off from another aviary of equal size, 
containing finches, wax-bills, small tanagers, etc., by a wire partition, and 
containing besides itself such birds as hawfinches, cardinals, grosbeaks, the 
larger tanagers and weavers, two pairs of yellow budgerigars, and an 
ordinary English robin, which I found impossible to keep in my aviary 
owing to its bloodthirsty propensities. 
All went well for about three months, after which time I began to 
find first a Pine Grosbeak and then at intervals of about a week, other birds, 
all killed in a precisely similar manner, viz. : An enormous hole was neatly 
excavated (I can think of no better word to suit the case) from the top of 
the head, and the legs were also in every case badly mauled ; on two or three 
occasions also, I found near the partition in the finch aviary a small bird 
similarly roughly handled. 
I first of all suspected mice or rats, as I had killed one of the former 
outside the aviary quite recently, but a close inspection of the aviary showed 
it to be impossible for these pests to have gained an entrance. 
The murders, however, continued, and I now began to suspect the 
Hangnest, though a dealer to whom I sent some of the bodies, assured me 
that the robin was the culjirit, though this was manifestly absurd, as it was 
of course not nearly powerful enough to inflict the injuries described. 
Though suspicious, however, and keeping a close watch on the bird I 
could discover nothing for a loag time, as it always appeared the most harm- 
less of birds whenever I watched, it never so much as looked at another 
bird. Of dead bodies thrown in it took no notice, though if left there 
overnight they were always partially devoured by morning. 
