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579. New Zealand Shelduck. Add: These “ Paradise

Ducks ” are now rare, but four were reared at the Zoo

and eight in the Scilly Isles in 1928. Seth-Smith, A.M.,

1929, 24.


584. Meller’s Duck. For the entry as it stands , read:

Bred by Ezra in 1931 : four reared. A.M., 1931, 349. A

very rarely imported bird, but had I think been bred before.


Add : 585, i, Luzon Duck (A. luzonica {Fraser) ). A hybrid

record only.


Add : 585. i, Luzon Duck; a, Luzon Duck x Australian

Wild Duck. Delacour in L’Oiseau, 1928, 77, records the

rearing of one, a female, out of five hatched in Laverga’s

collection in California.


590. a, Falcated Duck x Gadwell. Add: The cross

has also been obtained at the Washington Zoo. Add:

d, Falcated Duck x Australian Teal. Delacour saw

one male in Laverga’s collection in California, but does not

state how or where it was bred ( L’Oiseau , 1928, 29). e ,

Falcated Duck x Shoveller. Two reared at Lilford

in 1931 teste Moody (AM., 1932, 48).


Add: 598. h, Australian Teal x Falcated Duck.

Ten reared by Laidley, 1931 ( A.M. , 1931, 209), “ Chestnut¬

breasted x Falcated ”.


Add afoot-note : White-backed Duck ( Thalssornis leuconota).

Delacour gave two to Ezra in 1930, which bred in 1931 and

hatched out three young, but these only lived ten days

(A. M., 1931, 349).


Add: 613. h, Bed-crested Pochard x Australian

Wild Duck. Laverga in California had bred numerous

specimens of this cross teste Delacour ( L’Oiseau , 1928, 29).


614. a, Bosybill x Wild Duck. Commonly bred by

Laverga teste Delacour as above.


Add: 618. c, Common Scaup x Canvasback Duck.


Nine reared at Lilford in 1931, teste Moody ( A.M. , 1932, 48).


Add a foot-note to 623. Eider-duck. Were St. Quintin’s

eggs collected or laid in captivity ?



