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eaten. It seems such a pity not to establish these birds, which are

so rare and so interesting.


Chinese Blackbirds (Turdus mandarinus) . Several eggs were

laid and incubated. Young hatched but none reared. The longest

a young one was fed and lived was fourteen days.


Crowned Starling (Galeopsar Salvadorii) . The old pair that

have reared young each year had laid three eggs by the 9th May.

Three young were hatched out by the 24th May. Two of these

were found dead on the 29th, but the third one was fully reared,

leaving the nest on the 23rd June. Three more eggs were laid by

the 21st July. Two young were hatched out but only one reared.

I have let the hen bird out as soon as she had laid her eggs, and

the cock bird was kept in a cage in the aviary—the same method

that I used the last two years.


Slenderbill Starling (Cinnamopterus tenuirostris) . I am

again unable to report any success with these handsome birds. In

all two eggs were laid by the 8th June and one young one was

hatched out by the 23rd June. It died the same day, and the

second egg was broken. On 20th July there were three more eggs

in the nest. All fertile but none were hatched.


Wonga Wonga Pigeon (Leucosarcia picata). Laid two eggs

by the 27th March. These were incubated for ten days only and

then deserted. Two more eggs were laid by the 2nd May, and one

young hatched out on the 19th May. The other egg was infertile.

The young one lived for one month, but did not leave the nest and

was found dead. It was fully feathered and quite as big as its

parents.


American Bluebird (Sialia siaUs). Two eggs were laid by the

2nd April, but owing to the very cold weather these did not hatch

out. Four more eggs were laid by the 2nd May, and these were

only incubated nine days when the birds started to build again.

These birds are getting very old, so I do not expect them to rear

young successfully.


White-winged Mynah (Sturnia nemoricolor) . Four eggs were

laid by the 5th May and two young were hatched out on the 19th.

One young one was picked up dead two days later, and the other



