Breedi?ig Orange -headed Ground Thrush, etc. 11 
Their great beauty, elegant form, and vocal powers, make 
them great favovirites with all bird lovers. 
The above young bird is the first to be reared in an 
English aviary. 
The adult male has the head and underparts ricli cinna- 
mon-orange, while aliovc it is blue -grey, two white bars cross 
each wing. The female lias the head of a rather paler orange 
than that of her mate, and iier back is greenish!-grey . 
Cuban Colin ok Bobwhitb {Ortyx cubanensis) : I have 
also bred this beautiful Quail, unfortunately the hen died during 
a spell of chilly weather, after laying four-creamy-white eggs, 
which she placed in a hollow receptacle she had prepared 
in th(! midst of some long grass. 
Fortunately I had a Bantam ready to put the eggs 
under, two of which duly hatched out. 
These are now fully grown. When first hatclied they 
were merely tiny balls of very dark brown llufT, but when 
about half grown they had the crown cinnamon -brown, upper 
parts dull brown, each feather of the back and wing coverts 
having a shaft streak, and a tip spot of the same colour; 
below pale fawn-colour. 
This is the first time young of this species have been 
reared in the British Isles. A male and female. 
The adult male has the chin and throat white, .sur- 
rounded by a black band ; top of head black; upper - 
parts vinaceous-rufous-brown, more or less variegated, barred 
and mottled with black, rufous and greyish; chest black, varie- 
gated with dull rufous and white, remainder of under surface 
chestnut, irreg^ularly margined with black and spotted with 
white on the sides. The female is spotted with black, whitish, 
and 'rufous, on the underparts. Total length 8 inches, tail 2,~. 
Other results have been as under : 
EuDDY-HBADED Beenicle Geese (Falkland Islands): 
This species rear young annually; this year young have again 
been fully reared. 
Great -Bustard : These nested and laid, but the eggs 
proved infertile. 
Shamah^ : These also nested and laid, but the eggs 
got destroyed before hatching. 
Straw -NECKED Ibises: These birds got as far as eggs, 
