Records of nirds -which liavc bred in Captivity. 59 
A.G.B. or L?utlcr. Dr. A. G. Butler. When followed by numerals, this 
author's Foreign Birds for Cage and Aviary. (iqo6. circa). 
Russ or R. Dr. Karl Russ. Die Fremdlandischen Stubenvogel (4 vols). 
Vol. I. Seed-eaters. 1870. 
11. Soft-bills. 1899. 
„ III. Parrots. 1881. 
,, IV. Handbook. 1888. 
Russ' list of birds bred in confinement connnences on p.S;/ of vol.iv. 
In the more recent volume (iii) will be found a few ni'-re records of 
later successes among- the birds dealt with there. 
\ aij;. Mules and Hybrids : by W. H. Wale. 189 — (2nd edition, T895). 
Imll.mi;u. ll'axbills, Grassfinchcs and Mannikins. 1897. By H. R. Fillmcr. 
GiiDNiiY. Foreign Cage Birds. C. VV. Gedney. 1879. 
Zoo. The Zoo Reports, mostly those of recent years. 
Up to 1909 the breeding- records in these are subject to some doulil, 
as r,o distinction was made in them between complete and incomplete 
success. In the Reports for 1903 and 1904, the record is headed, " List 
of birds bred in " ; in those for 1905 — 1909., " List of Ijirds 
hatched"; in that for 1910, " hatched and reared (those that 
lived l)Ut a few- days after hatching: not included)". For 1911 those 
which did not reach maturity are differentiated by an asterisk. In the 
and 1913 lists it is noted 'hat all which appear therein were suc- 
cessfully reared, unless it is otherwise stated. Since the commencement 
of the war these records have been omitted from the Reports, 
f =Teste, on the authority of ... . 
Any other abbreviations used are, I think, self-explanatory. 
I hope one day to issue this record in more permanent 
form, but before it is tit for that there is much to be done in the 
way of correction, amphfication and improvement of the refer- 
ences. May I hope that readers of Bird Notes will help toward 
this end. and. as each month's instalment appears note the gaps 
to be filled, the errors to be corrected, etc., and send their correc- 
tions to Bird Notes, so that the written record of the correction, 
addition, etc.. may remain to be later incorporated in a future 
and as nearly as possible perfected list. First-hand references 
to each event are what are wanted, to the first occasion wdien 
possible, but failing that to some account of the successful 
rearing of the species or cross in question. 
I trust too the promise niade in the Preface to Mr. Page's 
book will be kept and an annual list of new breeding successes 
for each year, (with references) will be a regular year-end feat- 
ure of the ^Magazine. Before getting on to the List itself. I 
