470 Ornithology in the Colonial and Indian Exhibition. 
Natal section, on either side of the court, are cases of named 
and mounted birds; a group consisting of a pair of the 
handsome white-bellied Circaetus cinereus , with a few smaller 
birds; and eight cases of well-prepared skins, exhibited, so 
far as can be gathered from the Catalogue, by the Natal 
Commission. From the Gold Coast there are two cases of 
mounted birds, and a fine nest of a species of Euplectes ; while 
Gambia contributes an excellent collection of some 150 skins 
sent by Capt. Moloney, C.M.G., and determined by Capt. G. 
E. Shelley, thereby having acquired distinct scientific value. 
The Australian colonies make a fine show : especially 
Queensland, which exhibits two large and attractive groups of 
birds and mammals, set up by Mr. Rowland Ward, also a case 
of skins; besides the large group at the end of the gallery, 
the feature of which is a Wedge-tailed Eagle carrying a 
young Wallaby to its brood. Victoria, in addition to a similar 
group, has a case of the little Blue Penguins ( Eudyptula) 
and a collection of eggs. Western Australia exhibits a fine 
case of birds and mammals, mounted by Mr. E. Gerrard, 
jun.; while New South Wales is rich in New Guinea Paradise- 
and other birds. Some time after the opening of the 
Exhibition a collection of about 200 specimens was added by 
Mr. H. H. Romilly, II.M/s High Commissioner for New 
Guinea. It is stated to have been obtained in the interior of 
New Guinea, above Port Moresby, and contains examples of 
several of Karl Hunstek/s best discoveries, such as examples 
of females of Paradisornis rudolphi (antea , p. 252, pi. vii.) 
and males of Amblyornis subalaris (p. 257), showing the deep 
orange-red erectile crest. It is unfortunate that some of the 
best of these specimens have been spoilt by bad mounting. 
In the New Zealand Court there are no less than 12 cases 
of birds mounted by Burton and Sons, and exhibited by 
Mr. S. W. Silver; but the scientific value of the collection 
is impaired by the introduction of several species which 
have no connection with New Zealand, such as a Brazilian 
Tanager, a Lyre-bird, and an Australian Thicknee. The 
Canterbury Museum, presided over by Professor Sir Julius 
von Haast, exhibits mounted skeletons of Dinornis maximus , 
