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p. 53. Add: Ruppell’s Long-tailed Glossy Starling (Lampro-

tornis purpuroptems (Rupp.) ). Ezra reared two from two

nests in 1933. I saw the first young one in August when it

was about two months old. See A.M., 1934, 160.

p. 53. Add: Purple Glossy Starling ( Lamprocolius purpureus

(Muller)). W. D. Parker in A.M., 1932, 227, reports the

rearing of two young “ Purple-headed Starlings ” and inquires

if it is a “ first ”, and in A.M., 1934, 183, Ezra records success

in breeding the “ Purple-headed Glossy Starling ( Lamprocolius

auratus ) ” in 1933, one young bird being reared. I think

both these refer to the species named above, as “ auratus Gm.”

was formerly used for what is now “ purpureus Muller ” ; this

species also comes from Senegal and is, therefore, more

commonly imported than purpureiceps, from Cameroon,

Uganda, etc. However, as I have said before, the identification

of these Glossy Starlings is difficult,

p. 64. Add : No. 282. i, Pale Thrush (T. pallidus Gm.).


No. 282. ii, Japanese Brown Thrush (T. chrysolaus Temrn.).

(.Hybrid record only.)


p. 200. Add : Pale Thrush x Japanese Brown Thrush. Delacour

tells me (1934) that he bred this cross in 1933.

p. 57. Add: No. 251. i, Wood Lark (Lullula arborea (Linn.)).


Teschemaker tells me (in lit., 14th February, 1933) that he

bred this Lark in 1915, rearing one youngster, and that he

sent full details to Cage Birds at the time,

p. 59. No. 260. Great Tit. The references are to Bird Notes, not

the A.M., as given in the entry. The one young bird reared

(out of five hatched) was liberated a fortnight after he left

the nest, as his brothers and sisters had died. This therefore

may be considered as “ not full rearing ”.

p. 60. Add: No. 267. i, New Zealand White-eye (Z. lateralis

(Lath.) ). Bred by Taylor in 1934, one young one reared.

(A.M., 1934, 246.)


p. 66. No. 292. i, Blue Rock-Thrush. To the entry on p. 325 of

“ Additions ” in A.M., 1932, add Medal awarded, A.M.,

1932, 232.



