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Show 1900.] ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN OF BERLIN. 305 buffoni, T. macrorhgnchus, and T. porphyreolophus) and four specimens of Colius leucotis. The Passeres include examples of 260 species, and out of this large number I wish to draw attention to the following species:- Paradisea apoda and P. papuana, in fine condition, Ptilonorhynchus smithi, Geocichla citrina, Turdus fiavipes, T. mustelinus, Dicrurus splendens, Hypsipetss leucocephalus, Pycnonotus melanocephalus, Artamus sordidus and A. superciliosus. There are here also specimens of the beautiful Trochalopteron erythrocephalum and T. rufigulare. There are also examples of Pitta bengalensis, Ruticilla leucocephala (from India) and Rhipidura tricolor (both lovely birds and in splendid condition), and of Meliphaga phrygia, Melithreptes lunulatus, and Ptilotis auricomus. The Finches include Emberiza fiaviventris, Phrygilus gayi, Poospiza personata, Passer cinnamomeus, P. dentatus, P. swainsoni, and Coccothraustes melanura. Poephila acuticauda was present in two different forms, of which one has a yellow and the other a nearly coral-red bill. A pair of Textor alector had begun to build the curious nest of twigs peculiar to this species; it was not finished, but resembled a magpie's nest on a small scale. Among the Tanagers I noted a fine Pitylus capistratus, from Brazil. In this same house were some small Birds of Prey, including Tinnunculus cenchroides, T. vespertinus, Athene glaux, A. ferruginea, and Scops pennatus. The larger Birds of Prey are housed in a series of good-sized cages. Conspicuous amongst them is a beautiful adult Haliaetus pelagicus, and examples of several species of Spizaetus. The smaller Birds of Prey, kept in a stone building, with lodges open in front, also presented some good specimens. Of special interest was an example of the curious Crane-hawk (Geranospizias cceru-lescens) from Argentina, a fine Falco feldeggi, and amongst the Owls good specimens of Bubo ascalaphus and B. turcomanus. The Water-fowl included a pair of Dendrocycna eytoni. These birds were very conspicuous from the manner they carried their brightly-coloured elongated flank-feathers away from their body. They are certainly the most beautiful of all the Dendrocycnce. Noteworthy amongst the Geese was a specimen of the rare Chen rossi. Amongst the Cracidce I noticed a specimen of the rare Pipile cumanensis, with its striking blue throat-wattle. The Struthiones were represented by three species or forms of Ostriches-the Somaliland Ostrich with blue neck and thighs (Struthio molybdophanes), the South-African bird with light grey neck (S. australis), and a third form from the Tonga hinterland, with red neck and thighs, which has been described by Oscar Neumann as S. massaicus. This male bird, as well as the skins of other males from this same locality in German East Africa, present the peculiarity that the feathers which are black in the other Ostriches are brownish black in this form. The collection of Cassowaries includes a fine specimen of the One-wattled Cassowary from German N e w Guinea, chiefly distin- |