iVhydahs. 
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just my experience with tlie two pairs I have kept, which only 
hved a few months witli me. They are, however, interesting; 
Inrds and when peace comes 1 shall try and secure another pair. 
The ei^gs are white. 
Baii.\iMA Quail. A very rarely imported species. It 
nested in Mr. J. Lewis Bonhote's aviaries in 1909 — Avicnltitnil 
Magacinc, Vol. L, series 3. No particulars were published, as 
no youuL;- birds were hatched. I can find no record of their 
havinij;- been brought into the country since. 
Spotted Quail. Was first imported from the Campeachy 
Coast in 1913 by Mr. R. Suggitt, and a very interesting article 
upon them, with photos, was published in B.N.. Vol. IV., N.S. 
These birds did not attempt to breed and, I think that it is doubt- 
ful whether they were a true pair. 
SoNxixi's Ci<K.sTf:D Quail. This species has been kept at 
the Zoo. It is closely allied to E. Icucopogou, and is a South 
American bird. It has not, as far as I am aware, been bred in 
this country. 
Mountain Crested Quail. This is a larger and hand- 
somer variety of the Californian Quail, and is found in the 
mountains of the Pacific slope. It is a very rare bird in this 
country, but Mr. Astley appears to have had a pair in 1900- - 
B.N., Vol. 1., N.S. — but did not succeed in getting them to 
breed. I am well acquainted with this bird in the wild state, 
where its habits are very similar to those of L. califoniica. The 
eggs are buff and unspotted. 
(To be concluded) 

Whydahs. 
By Dr. E. Hopkinson. D.S.O. 
fCoutiiiucd from hTgc ./nj 
For meaning- of ahbrtviations used in thi.s li.st 77'1/r page iSb, last A'ol. 
NIGERIAN COMBASOU. 
Hypochcra nigeriae. Boyd Alex. 1908. H.L. v. 437. 
Range. R. Gongola, Nigeria. 
