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meeting" its fellow on the nape ; upper-surface brown with an ashy 
tinge; primaries and primary-coverts black; secondaries browner 
with wedge-shaped white tips; central tail-feathers like the back, 
outer ones with a subterminal l)lack spot and white or rusty- 
white tips; the outer pair white on the outer-web throughout; 
below: the chin, flanks, abdomen, and under tail-coverts white; 
breast rufous-brown witli a patcli of black in lower centre ; under 
wing-covei'ts also black. 
The youi;g bird \ery closely resembles the young of the 
Golden Plover. I cannot find nnich about their wild life, but 
writing" of the nearly allied C . ntfiis. another African species, 
Mr. Fitzsimons says : 
" This Courser niak'cs its a|)pc;tr;ince at Maritztuirji- in the winter, when 
the f^rass has been burnt off. and teeds on the roasted insects. It is generally 
seen in couples and occasion.ai v as nianv .as h;df a dozen may be seen 
irijjethcr. Ii runs wilh great swiftness, maknij;' a dash for about 20 yards 
and then will bob iiselt up and down i'epc;ileilK-. and sway itself from side 
!o side It will not take wing unless compelled. I have never met with 
'1 here in summer." 
I have had my youi":g" bird now four nionths, and it has 
not yet commeix"c(l to change c{)!our. 
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Visits to Members' Aviaries, 
By \VKsi.r;Y T. Page, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 
MRS. P.l'R(ih:.S.S' BIRDROOM AND BIRD.S. 
( )n Saturday, I'ebruary 19th, 1 paid a flying visit to see 
Mrs. Burgess' fine collection of birds. Mrs. Burgess is a 
semi-invalid, so her birds have to be housed indoors; 1 think 1 
am correct in stating" that she has no outdoor aviaries, at least 
I neither saw nor heard of any while there. 
The day was dull, and my stay was very short, as I wished 
to be back in I^ondon the same night, so that, I fear, I shall be 
unable to do justice to this collection of uncommon and rare 
birds — over two hundred in number — all Housed in a large, 
well-lighted room, with a south aspect, and though the room 
was large and lofty, it certainly contained a large number of 
