Identifier: aviculturalmagaz103avic (find matches)
Title: The Avicultural magazine
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Avicultural Society
Subjects: Aviculture Birds Cage birds
Publisher: (Ascot, Berkshire, etc., Avicultural Society, etc.)
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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e curved length of a long narrow caladium leaf, there camesuddenly two brilliant lights. Steadily they moved onward, comingup into view for all the world like two tiny head-lights of a motor-car.They passed, and the broadside view of this great elater was stillabsurdly like the profile of a miniature tonneau with the top down. Ilaughingly thought to myself how perfect the illusion would be if ared tail-light should be shown, when to my amazement a rosy redlight flashed out behind, and my bewildered eyes all but distinguisheda number. G. E. OBITUARY. We deeply regret to report that Sir Eichard Sutton, step-sonof Mr. Astley, has died of illness in France. We feel that all Members will join with the Council inexpressing their deep sympathy with Mr. Astley, who for so longedited the Magazine, and who has always been so prominently asso-ciated with the work of the Society. We all remember his unweary-ing devotion to the best interests of avicultural journahsm in thedark days that are past.
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67 THE AVICULTUPAL riAQAZINE. BEING THE JOURNAL OFTHE AVICULTURAL SOCIETYFOR THE STUDY OFFOREIGN & BRITISH BIRDSIN FREEDOM & CAPTIVITY. TA/n/ svnV.s. Vol. X. Ho. i. -All rinhtg reserved. FEBRUARY, 1919. THE PASSING OF THE SPOTTED EMU: ABIRD THAT NEVER EXISTED. Hy Gkamam 1\i:nsha\v, M.l).. F.M.S.H. • I liave seen tlie type-skm in the British Museum, and it is only ii vounK Kmuof the oiilinary variety. I>i. Le Smuj im the Spotted Emu. Oil May 24tli, l.So9. the late Mr. A. D. liartlett exhibited at ameeting, of the ZooIof,ical Society an^mu skin (being one of threesimilar ones which bad come under bis notice) which differed markedlyfrom any other Emu then known to science. He distinguished thenew bird from the common species, and in view of its minutelvspotted appearance, suggested that it should be known imder tiiename of Dtotiixetts inoratus. A few months later this zoological prize appeared in the flesh.A living example—brought by a Dutch ship from Albany, King(ieorges

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