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" red eyes. The male of this species is about twenty-two inches long, with 
" a wing of about nine and three quarter inches, and shank nearly two ; 
■' bill about two-and-a-half. The female is smaller." 
"This species of Marganser, like the Goosander, inhabits the north 
" temperate zone of both worlds, brecdina; in the north and wintering to 
"the southwards. It is a ground breeder, laj'ing eight or more dirty buff 
" eggs. It has only occurred in India twice so far as is known, but 
" pi'obably often gets confused with the Goosander. There are, Dr. 
" Blandford informs us. in the British Museum the wings of one obtained 
" at Karachi by Major Yerbury and in the Indian Museum there was a 
" good skin of a female or .yotmg male specimen obtained in the Calcutta 
" bazaar on December 17th, 1889." 
All the accounts of the various species are very fall and concise, and 
we repeat our favourable notice in last issue, and strongly recommend this 
interesting booklet to all interested in Waterfowl, whether in their native 
haunts or in captivity. 
Canaries, Hybrids, and British Birds in Cage and Aviary, ("assell ^- Co. 
In monthly parts, 7d. net. 
Part III. — The promise of the earlier issues is well sustained — the 
Chapter on Cages and Cage-making is completed, and a Chapter on Nests and 
other Appliances, is commenced. The text figures and half tone plates are 
excellent in every way and very practical. The fronti.spiece of the part is a 
good coloured plate, with figures of Clear Yellow Goldfinch Mule, Ticked 
Buff Linnet Mule and Yellow Canary Bullfinch Mule. 
It is a very interesting and practical issue, and judging by the three 
parts already issued, the complete work promises to be very thorough and 
comprehensive. 
Editorial. 
Marabou Storks [LrptoptHus cruntrnifrru^) : I am 
inilebted to our esteemed member MisK K. L. Janline for the fol- 
lowinf> facts. 8he has recently returned from Northern Nigeria, 
and brought back with her a true pair (young birds) of this 
species, which have been placed on deposit at tiie Zoo. They 
were brought to her, evidently fresh from the nest, by a Housa 
man at a little place called Wushishi on the Kuchnie river, N. 
Nigeria : being about six weeks old and covered with beautiful 
snow-white down ; the i)rimaries were just beginning to burst 
through and grew very rapidly, al)()ut two inches daily. They 
were fully fledged a month later, and could fly as high as the roof 
of the bungalow. When they starteil on their joiu-ney to England 
on April 7th, they were brought down the river in an oi)en dug- 
out, tied among baggage and weathered a bad tornado without 
