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The Birds of Ihitisli Guiana. 
The Cape Quail has been kept at the Zoo, and I think that 
one or two of our members have also had it, but it is so much 
Hke our EngHsh bird as not to be worth importing. 1 can find 
no record of its having bred in captivity, but it is very Hkely to 
have done so. Its eggs, from six to twelve in number, are yel- 
lowish-brown, spotted and blotched with darker brown. 
The Harlequin Quail was, I believe, first bred by Mr. 
Wormald in 1908 — B.N., Vol. 7. It is a rather freely imported 
species, and has been bred on several occasions by different mem- 
bers of our Society. Its eggs are buff or stone colour, heavily 
blotched and spotted with brown. They number from six . to 
eight in a clutch. 
The Painted Quail is found in West Africa, and has been 
not infrequently imported. As it would probably be sold by the 
dealers as the Chinese Painted Quail, it is quite likely to have 
been bred under this name. The difference between this bird and 
E. chiniensis is apparently very slight. 

Birds of British Guiana. 
By Chas. Dawson, S.J., M.A. (Oxon). 
(Continued from page 52) 
CHATTERERS. 
These are forest birds, feeding upon berries and seeds, 
with insects and even lizards. They are all peculiar to the Neo- 
Tropical regions and include some of the most gorgeously 
coloured birds in the world; such as the Crimson Cotinga, the 
Fire-Bird, the Pompadour Cotinga, the Purple-throated Chat- 
terer, etc. ; and some of the most remarkable : as the Cock-of- 
the-Rock, Umbrella Bird, and the Campanero or Bell-Bird. 
They vary in size, the Bald Cotinga being as large as a crow and 
like it in appearance, others as small as a Sparrow. The Cock- 
of-the-Rock has the habit of displaying himself before the 
females after the manner of GaUiformcs, The Campanero, 
which lives in the tops of high trees, utters a double note, resem- 
bling the striking of a hammer upon an anvil, which may be 
heard for three miles. It has a hollow coruncle in its bill which 
it will inflate with air and erect for several inches ; but this has 
nothing to do with its bell-like note. The Umbrella-Bird is 
