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Editorial. 
Tlie above sketchy table may l)e of use to some of our 
members, and will demonstrate what a galaxy of colour a weaver 
aviary is in the breeding season. 
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Editorial. 
Arrival of a Consignment of Rarf: Birds at the 
London Zoo : Mr. W. J. C. Frost, who has been collecting 
birds and mammals for the Zoological Society of London among 
the Islands of the Malay Archipelago, arrived on August 27th 
with a goodly number of rare and interesting birds and mammals. 
It is with the birds that we are chiefly concerned, and we 
regret we have not at present a complete list. Among others 
there are the following : 
3 (jieater Birds of Paradise (I'aradisca apoda). 
1 Lesser Bird of Paradise {P. minor). 
2 Red Birds of Paradise (P. rubra). 
1 Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise {Selucides iiigricaii.';). 
2 King- Birds of Paradise (Ciclnnnrus regiiis). 
Pcsquct's Parrot {Du.fyptiliis pcsqucti), vide B.N. for l^'elj. 1920. 
2 Black Lories {Clialcupsittacu.'; ater). 
2 Crimson-fronted Lories (C schitUlatus). 
1 Amljoina King- Parrot {Aprosinictus ainboinensis).* 
4 Laughing King-fishers {Sauroiuarptes tyro).* 
2 Fairy Blue-Birds (Irena turcosa). 
1 Lesser White Goshawk (Astrr Iciicosuiuns).* 
3 Emilian Pheasant-tailed Pigeons (Macropygia ciiuliana). 
2 Doreya Pheasant-tailed Pigeons {M. dorcya). 
2 Orange-bellied Fruit-Pigeons {PtUopiis iozoniis). 
2 Lavender-crowned Fruit-Pigeons {P. coronulatus). 
3 Orange-fronted I'"ruit-Pig-eons {P. aurantiifrons).* 
4 .Stephani's Cireen-winged Pigeons (Chalcophaps stcpliani).* 
1 Nicobar Pigeon (Calocnas nicobarica). 
2 Victoria Crowned-Pigeons {Goitra v'lcturiac). 
4 Crowned-Pigeons (G . coronata). 
2 Brown-billed Brush-Turkeys {Talegallus fitscimstris).* 
3 Red-bellied Rails (Eulabeornis castauek'ciitris).* 
* New to the collection. 
Nesting Notes : We still desire to receive more of these ; 
the importance of tabulating results season by season is 
demonstrated by Dr. Amsler's letter elsewhere in this 
issue — he bred the Yellow-billed Cardinal {Parooria capitata) m 
