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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-16

There wer. not enough cattle - rake
3 market today, only about 500 head beng
received Thus far this month the de-
pnand for weli-satened corn cattle has con-
tinus6 active. To date this season re-
ceipts Of Western foot up lb5.eo9 head, an
increase Of 5000 head over the same time
last year. These cattle are selling well.
and exporters are buying 1870 20 Loo
pound Montanas around 81 A train OF
wintered Texans brought s. 20 yesterday.
Hogs-Oaly about 1900 fresh and stale
hogs were offered IN the market today.
and the local shipping demand was large
enough 70 absorb the supply at firm
prices. quotations being much the same
as yesterday.
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SEATTLE WHEAT MARKET.
No. club. 43e; blue stem, $50.
PORTLAND WHEAT MARKET.
Portland. Sept. 14--Wheat-Vallsy, t6c !:
Walla Walla. 43o per bushel.
SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS.
BreadstunS and Grains.

bftau>tutl- ana CfHlus.
San Francisco. sept. 4-Flour-Fsmily
extras. SS5q2.45; bakers extras. S3.1593. Is.
slpsrflne, te.35Q260 per barrel.
Nheat-No I spring. SS9449oc for choice;
milling sS495'sc
Rsrlsy-Feed. fair to good. 52l4c: brew
ing. egiaGsTIsc
Disabling. S5gs0c: Surprise. s7ls9soc;
iancy feed. S.sa92isc. good 10 choice, 500
Se' poor to fair. 6ei4Q7oc: gray. 6'lag'oc.
Produce.
Foia'oes-Sweet. 75cGN.
Tomatoes 25a+oc, Lima beans. cia1sc;
- apples. 2iGf15c. Sharpless strawberries.
t84se' raspherries seas: huckleberries.
SaS. eartaloupes f0Gi5c: black grapes.
..4s'e; MuScats. 2odS5c, plums. aog ioc;
haey California lemons. $SttS.50
FQaitry-Geese. $l0L25: small broilers,
t.lsGg; pigeons. S25Gl.1S.
batter-FaucY creamery. 2oH2ec; sec
ends lse. fancy dairy. lsGIsc; seconds.
Eggs-Ranch. 2.a.5c.
Closing Quotations.
Waeat-Dun; December. sl.c: May,
Barley-Inactive; December. s7sc.
tern-sl %.
Bran-$i2
Wool.
"ool-Srrius SIX 30 eight months Gala
FeFas and foothl. detective. 6TSc; North
en-, good 10 choice. 12li5isc; Northern.
effective SQiA,. new lambs and fan clips.
Sesc. Nevada spring. light and choice.
s3dc heavy 8. s.. fall. short trashy San
saQWo plains easc; good san Joaquin
pans, 4abr. southern coast. &3tec mount
~ ~ools lEht ana free, 6g7c: mountain
soois defective and heavy. S46c: middle
ssolhues. free. .QSc. middle counties, de-
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sEAGIT RIVER ROUTE-wEEKLY
TIME CARD.

TIME CARD.
STEAMER CITY OF CHAMPAIGN.
leaves CITY dock. Seattle. foot Of Main
and Jackson streets. September IL, at
q m Sepfenber u, az a. m Sept srnber
81 az a m Leaves Mount Neruou-Sep-
tsr7ber Il. at y noon; September 20 AZ
- W September p, At .. m. calling az
stanwoo Fir. Skagit city and Avon
EVERETT AND sNoHOMISH RIVER
ROUTE
Stssrner clan MoDonaid leaves city dock
ssiI,- except Saturday. at - midnight for
richmond Fdmouds. Iukiiteo. Mosher.
everett Narysville. East Everett. Lowell
arH SuohouiRh. connecting AZ Snohomish
y,ith boats FOR Cherry valley. Tolt and
All ilr, river polrs. Returning leaves Sno-
h0r7tsh Q 2. n. daily excepting sunday.
lilly. BoGARpT5 * co. Inc
Owners and Managers
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STRAITS STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
sTRs. GARLAND AND EvANGEL.

Seattle and Townsend-Neah Raw Route.
Steamer Garland leaves Yesler dock Mon
DAYS, Wednesdays and Fridays at i2.is
a m for Port Townsend. Port williams.
Duugenesa. Port Angeles. Port Crescent.
Gettysburg Pysht. Clallam Ray and Neah
Ray: returning. arrives Seattle 80 y. m
on opposite DAYS. Steamer Evangel leaves
Yesler dock for Port Angeles and Victoria
Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at ESQ
y. m; arrives Seattle alternate days pm.
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A reward Of SO VIII 70 PAID for 9r,o-ra-
ton leading 20 the arrest and conviction
q any one stealing copies OF the Pest
r~teItgpuce- delivered TO subscr. beers
throughout the city.
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STEAMERS.
FLY ON THE FLYER"

SEATTLE TO TACOMA.
Four round trips daily, except sunday.
In one hour and twenty-five minutes.
THE STEAMER FLYER.
Regular daily trips. Seattle-Tacoma
TAKING EFFECT TUESDAY. MAY z
TIME CARD.
Leave Seattie-7i5. n:l5 a. m; z:ts. e15
p. m. -.
Leave Tacoma-a:30 a. m: l. 40. p. m
SUNDAYS.
Leave Seattle n. m: II m 2. m.
Leave Tacoma-s:30 a m; 2:5o $50 o. m
landing ~ Northern Pacific wharf. Ia
coma. and Commercial dock. foot OF Mar
ion street. Seattle.
Sundays. excursion rates on steamer
Fleetwood. fare. SOC.
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me hanks hold 81. 7n3. 20 IN excess OF the
legal requirement Of e per cent.
The New York Financier SAYS: II the
statement OF the associated hanks Of this
CITY Tor the week ending September Is
ahords any criterion. the day of / per
cent IN New York has passed away. The
banks now hold less idle cash than they
nave reported since April last, when the
reserve was affected by the bond sy-ndi-
cate operations. and while the heavy cash
reductions OF the past week. amounting 20
sssSo,S9. were In part gold exports, the
TACT should not be overlooked that the
loan items show a remarkable tendency
70 advance without symptoms OF relapse
the increase for the week ending SeDtem-
Der IL being 81 3s3 100. The aggregate leans
are now So, 6ss 900. or nearly $4,000 900 IN
excess OF the figure that stood for years
as high water mark. The decrease OF
soess,loo In deposits shows that money is
neinG employed TO advantage by interior
banks In their own localities. The de-
crease OF E.524.7o in legal tenders was
brought about by shipments previously
referred 10, and also by the heavy EXPORT
movement, which necessitates the use OF
legal tenders. The decrease Of 81 81. coo in
specie was brought about by the deposits
OF gold in the sub-treasury by the banks
ldentified with the bond syndicate 4
Dond issue In the face OF such a heavy de-
crease In cash would put money rates far
higher than they have been since the
panic.
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FOREIGN MARKETS.
Financial.
Breedstur. and Grains.

London. Sept. 4-Silver. sotSd. Consols.
107%.. Bullion out OF Bank OF England.
IS 90.
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The Daily Fost-IrtelliSen~e IS now on
safe fa Portland. Or. az Rllh Bros ga
Morrison street, Portland tct=l news
staad and Northwest News Co, ~ Fret
street.
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49, snd IN tire last affeen minutes OF
ss-a1s another effective drive cas.-es re-
-. ~ ss1ii& per cent. Sugar making
.-e,..-tD@ loss The same unfaworaf5.
,..as.ehees affecting ne STOCK rsarke. -
- - -. ne bond market. IRE sales wsra
- tnton Pacific collateral t~zsst Ga
go. ,.oiorar'o Midland 81 trust receipts g.
:, - ? Per cent. The alleged rrota SssIifv
- afnnendinE nsw bond Issue vas nc,
lee7l inatne government securities Th@
.iaS4ctions In this department were on a
o. - ale scale. dealings footing up Only
800 he constant decline OF the treas
500 reserve and tire r1ruor. % rev
.oaa mad depressing eject upo, the rev
-, causing drop IN the price % Z ter
- - compared with last week. The Other
.nss or the government also ruled duu
0us me Depression was only fractional
Financial.
money on call. easy ~ / re- GER. Prime
,,ineFcantiie paper. 3iEd554 per cent. stnr-
ing e1change easier. with actual business
~ bankers bills A. - sss4 for demand ana
.s.sssBs - for sixty days. Posted rates
81 ss4 VA Oi'is'
Government Sonts-Firu.
state bonds-Inactivs
Railroad Wat
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knights of Pythias.

Seattle Company No. !. Uniform Rank.
Is meeting and drilling weekly at its new
arnory in the Collins block. Rev. W. 7.
Ford from Lake Lodge. No. 6S. will be
initiated tomorrow night.
Ten or fifteen uniform rank companies
from various parts OF the state are expect
ed 20 he here next spring 10 compete in
drill work. special prize will probably
he offered for companies outside this
city.
All visitors will he welcome 10 the ar
rl1or~v hall OF Seattle. No. l. The group
picture OF the company. taken by an Ev-
erett artist IN Black Diamond. has made
its appearance in the city. Drill continues
urder Capt. Morris and Lieut.. Horr.
Among the projects for the future are the
play OF Damon and Pythias at Cordrays
and Sunday afternoon concerts with the
First Regiment band in the Seattle thea
ter.
Seattle lodge No. 81 met In regular con-
vention Wednesday night with large At
tendance. Past Grand Chancellor Ronald
visited the lodge and gave one OF his
characteristic speeches, Astounding in en-
tertainment and instruction. He incl
6entally perpetrated one OF his tricks on
the early arrivals. This lodge received
six applications for membership a this
meeting and several are said TO be ready
for the next meeting.
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stock QuotationS.

Atchison .........i y 4. p. y. & G.. 5N
Alton. 7. H.. "a Preferred ......H5
Amer. Express. ia n. Y. Central. l0lis
Bait e. Ohio. 81 n. Y. & y. E.. -
Canada Pacific. 55i4 Ontario a. W.. IFS
Canada South 5S'2 Dr. Improve.
Ches. & Ohio. 1890. 6. L. & L. y. 10
Chicago Alton .is3 Pacific Mall. 509s
c.. Il. & g.. So r, d. & E.. Is
Chicago Cas-. 6l7s Pittsburg 1900. .162ie
Con. Gas....,... .l42ie Il. g. W.. l7is
& c. c. & 81. l.. asa Preferred 49,. Il
Col: G. & L.. . 60 Rock Island. -.
Del. Hudson. 1904 Preferred ......15S
D: s r. G. pfd.. s. Preferred lid =
Fort Wayne. 1883 Texas. Pacific. =. il5s
c. & 4. l. pfd 1872 Union Pacific. 1ls
Hooking Valley. 23A Y. s. Express. a.
Illinois Central. .loi W, 81. l. s. p. 9is
Kan & Tex. pfd S5ss Wells Fargo. .lCa
l. r. K W.. 23S, Western Union s2Ss
Preferred 1920. r. " 8 l. IL. e. ~ S's
Lead Trust. 32ss Minr. q 81. H. =
T.. & N.......-... elAs -. * r. c.. lbAt
/ q ~ A.; ,,6 So Sen Electric .ss s. -
Mich. Central l00ls Preferred 100
Missouri Pacific. $5S Il. & T. g. ?.
Nsssl G s onto g T T s. s. / ( X X y y u
Nat. Cordage.... "a Preferred 49,. i
Preferred -. Is So. r. r. ......... Us.
y. J. Gentrrs.G9 prs . I'D 80 81. q!
n a co... Sa Preferred ......i0l
North. Pacific. sis 81. p. NJ. & M...1i5
Preferred ...... 70 Leather pfd...... SiA
Total sales.
Total sales OF stocks today were 1880
shares. including. American Sugar 1870.
ftrfif -
Gas :. 500 Disti!ing 100. Kansas \ Texas
preferred 500 Louisville X Nashville
E0a0. Missouri Pacific 1900. Northwestern
8. S0o. Pacific Mall $40. Readins 1851
Rock Island 1890. 81 Paul s. Ioo wabash
preferred 1000. Western Union 200, Wheel
ing & lake Erie 800.
Flour.
Flour Receipts 1850 barrels. exports
: saO Minnesota patents. SS20s -: spring
lev, grades. 81. 7o7e go. winter patents, $3.50
Gs1 Rye -four dun; superhne. $@.'o4
$50
Wheat.
wheat-Receipts 25S.eDo bushels. exports
As sD0 bushels Spot dull and weaker NO
! hard. sc. Options were weak and lower
except forHone brief rally on local GOV ~
inxs. and closed is6ssc net decline. sep
far7her. 1-.aSc. closed 6l7sc. December.
e l5-i6G6t,-c, closed. 6fc
Hops-Culet and weak; state common
- choice 1854 crop. Sa7c; Pacific coast
1924 crop, 5'5G7c.
Wool.
wool-ou,st: domestic fleece lSa&e'
pulled. 2oc-
Metals.
piE lron-Steady.
cspper-Cuiet: brokers price. Sl22@
I.ea6-Cuiet.
T.n-Quiet plates quiet -.
Sneter-Cue; domestic. Ni'izsf-o'
Coffee.
rorsa-Or.ons opened dali and m
,ts~rea. ana closed firm AZ le9l points
ret advance. saIes. 3Ao bags. -ne'ua il "a.
Ortoher. l4eoElI s.; December, So -
Nah. sl2aui3. May. $50. SPOT fH,o
8nu. 10 :. I5s4s. mla dal and nominal
Cer5ovs, is. en- se
sugar.
Srwar-Raw rru. fair refining. cen
,~ef,va1 sac. sales none; renne1. qOi.i
sr8 steady. mould =. i'1E& Ills, S,al /
"a \ s..lt 5tse, coDft-tioneTs a.
go. ctit Leaf. 45-IsGS Ills; cTds.e''
--le7s I-lse. powdered. 4z7t il-le' gran
,,l,tea. $f.84 5-Is,. cubes. si-Js il-lel'
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STEAMER GLIDE.
Change Of run September I.
PORT ORCHARD AND PORT WASH
JNGTON ROTlrEt

INGTON ROUTE.
Steamer A. II. Robinson, carrying ~, 8.
mail leaves City dock. foot OF Main ST.,
AZ $50 a. M: arrives mt Sidney at toi3
a m: arrives at Silyerdale at Il M
Leaves SiIverdale at 1915 y. m: leaves
sidney on return at p. m. Fare TO Port
Orchard points. pc. Daily except Sunday
II n Robinson master. Lilly. Bogardns
e. Co. agents. Telephone. Main 81.
Steamer open for charter on Sunday.
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independent Order Good TempIars.

Seattle Lodge. No. 6. reports an increase
in membership almost every week and is
very much pleased with the prospects for
the winters work. In connection with the
programme Monday evening drama.
entitled The Bridal Wine Cup" was
given. which proved to be a success.
Visitors were present from five sister
lodges.
Seattle Lodge. No. 6. will be visited this
evening by Palatine Lodge. No. 1s6. In
body. 4 special programme has been ar
ranged for the entertainment of the
guests Visitors 10 this lodge are always
welcome
The members Of the various lodges are
best.rrIng themselves 10 provide public en-
tertainment during the winter months for
the benefit OF men who are on the streets
with no place OF resort accessible TO them
hut the saloons. The plan, as far as II
has assumed definite shape. is TO provide
a place down town. in a central locality.
and 10 make II free TO all who may wish
TO avail themselves Of It.
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SAN JUAN ISLANDS.

SAN JUAN ISLANDS.
STEAMER LYDIA THOMPSON.
Carving United State. mail. leaves City
dock foot OF Main street, Monday,
wednesday and Friday at a. m. for
Port Townsend. San Juan Islands and
New Whatcom-
TIME CARD. IN EFFECT MARCH Is.
North bound-Leave Seattle : a. m:
leave Port Townsend a. m. leave Friday
Harior II 80 a. m: leave Roche Harbor
~ 'sa n m. arrive New Whatcom p. III.
south boun6-Leave New Whatcorn a.
m leave Roche Harbor q. m leave
FriCay Harhor 10 a m: leave Port Towns
srA { n m: arrive Seattle T.tS y. m.
J. Y Thompson. managing owner. Lilly.
Yorart,,is e. Co. agents. City dock.
Phone Main g.
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OLYMPIA, TACOMA AND SEATTLE
ROUTE.
6 Wiley Navigation Co.'S Steamer
MULTEOMAH.
DAILY TINE CARD
Lave Arrive.
C,~,nrfa at. e.7c a rnsTacorna at. 9 ~ a m
Tacoma st..lo:99 a msealiIs at:-.-Lz % m
Tscorns az 40 ? n Olympia at. $50 N
CITY OF ABERDEEN
Daily except sunday.
Leave. Arrive.
Seattle ..... = - a n Tacoma 49,. go a m
Tacoma .....I9Q9 a n Olympia 80. 100 m
Olympia 49,. z.9g , II Tacoma 600 N
TscoG2sA 49,. 90 , n sssattle -. 20 ? m
Fare between seattle and Tacoma. %
cents. Landing az Seattle. City dock.
foof - Main street
LILLY. EOGARpTTs z CO. Agents.
CITY Dock Telephone Main 81.
CAPT. Z. Wiley. Manager.
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PACIFIC NAVIGATION CO.
OCEANIC eTEAMsHIP COMPANY.

OCEANIC ST fsAAi5HIP COMPANY.
Honolulu and Australia.
Steamers leave San Francisco for Homo
lulu Samoa, Auckland. ~. T.. and Sydney,
n +. w. without change.
Steamship Arawa. September 18th.
p. IN.
Honolulu only. steamship Australia, Sep
teuber "a 10 a. IN.
THOs 4. GRAHAM. AGENT. Starr
Boyd block. Seattle. Also corner Fieventh
and Railroad streets Tacoma.
J. ID. Spreckeis e. Bros. Co. Gensrai
Agents San Francisco.
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PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK.
Occidental block. Seattle. WASH

OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES.
Jacob Furth. .....,.................P President
Arthur A Denny. 1890. Vice President
John Leary ......... Second Vice President
James r. Hayden. Man'gr. Cash'r, Sec'y
Frank I. RlodSett. Assistant Cashier
Signund Schwabacher, John Collins.
Z. g SeCfeider. J. T. Greenleaf.
Transacts . savings bank business ex.
ciuslyeiy.
Deposits received from, 81 70 $1,000.
interest allowed per annum. SIX peF
cent on term deposits. 4 per cent. on ordi-
nary deposits
Dividends declared last DAYS Of Nav and
November. Loans made on real estate or
approved collaterals only.
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Sight exchange and telegraphic trans
fers on New York. Chicago. St Paul. san
Francisco. Portland and various points in
Oregon and British Columbia
Sight bills OF exchange on London avail
able elsewhere IN Europe.
Collections made at all points on FAVOR
able terms
Bonds. stocks and other valuaoles re-
ceiyed on deposit for safe-keeping.
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THE ALASKA STEAMSHIP co.'s
STEAMER WILI.APA.

Captain George Roberts
Leaving Seattle for Alaska September Is
and every IS days thereafter.
FOR freight and passenger rates apply tn
j. -. CARROLL. Agent.
Eehyrahachsr Dock. Tel. Pike gs.
CHRs E. PEABODY. General sIaaager.
Seattle.
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TACOMA SEATTLE ROUTE.
CUT RATE.
A on

STEAMEK IItItkE 1T.
Fare. single trip. 40c; round trip. T5c.
Leaves Tacoma--1,z0 a. m, l2 m. ana
$50 p. m.
p
Sunday excursion rates. &c.
Iardlngs-Tacona, Commercial dock:
Seattle Gaines dock.
= =. GAME, Agent, Seattle
E. NJ HARRINGTON. Managing owner
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FORECAST FOR MONDAY.
Portland. Sept Is, 1875.
pssu: s.ztionary.
=. s. PAGUE. Forecs.tsr.
n DEPARTMENT OF AGRYCULr
TURE. WEATHER BUREAU.
DAILY BULLETIN.
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For rates. etc. inquire OF
8. @. yrRKrA
Yesler Wharf, Seattle.
T. A. NANrAu.
General Agent. ~. r. n. r.. Seattle
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Hops
Hors akc
Nitu(n= stocks.

Silver EarS s. Te-rs Drafts. sight -
"s1- DORIS "a ssf5fAs Drafts. Telesraph.5
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These steamers furnish Nrst-ciass ac~
commcdattons. carrying both freight ard
passengers. and leave from Sssler wharf.
Seattle.
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THE VANCOUVER ROUTE-A TRIP
THROUGH THE ISLANDS.
Steamer Utopia j. A. O'Erten. Master.
Leaves Tacoma, n noon, Seattle. Yes
ier@a wharf. r. m. Mondays and Thurs
days for Port Townsend, Anacortes, Fair
haven. New Whatcom, Blaine and Friday
Harbcr. and Vancouver. arriving VAN
couver 1 p. m. following day.
Fare 20 Blaine, g.: fare 30 Vancouver. "
For further Information apply 20 Yes
ier's wharf.
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Between Seattle ana Victoria, n. c.
70 p My .y Seattle 49, Al spus
a r,lArf...... Victoria ......Lvt So m
sDaily except Saturday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-06-07

through the narrow slit left in the
material with which the entrance is
closed or through natural cleft in
the wood. In the latter case the
main entrance is closed up complete
ly. This may be a precautionary
measure to protect the female during
the season of incubation.
He questioned the statement
whether the male built or the female,
as Livingstone stated he had been
told by native. The female took
an essential part in the plastering up
Of the entrance. Having described
the nests which he had seen, he pro-
ceeded to state that the female, after
going into the nest, usually began to
moult and was sometimes almost
naked. She was usually very fat
while in her prison, as the male bird
brought her food every few minutes
AS soon as danger approached, the
female bird climbed up the nest as
far as possible away from the
entrance, and kept perfectly quiet
until the danger had passed. The
young behaved in the same manner,
the birds relying for protection on
the fact that the nest is not easily
recognized as such. No doubt il
attacked the hornblll could give a
good account of itself. The female is
imprisoned for seven or eight weeks,
certainly for not less than six weeks.
The eggs are laid about the end of
December or beginning of January,
and are usually three or four in mum
Der and vary in size. He felt certain
from minute observation that the
female constructed her own prison,
and left it some time before the
young were fully developed. On her
leaving it was plastered up again in
the same manner, and the female
helped the male to feed the young.
He concluded by stating that there
was still plenty Of scope for further
investigation into the nesting habits
of the hornbll.- st. James' Gazette.
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HABITS OF THE HoRNBILL

A curious South African bird is the
variety OF hornbill known as Tockus
melanoleucus, LIGHT, regarding which
a paper by DR.. Secondhand, of the
Albany Museum, was read at
recent meeting of the South African
Philosophical Society at Cape Town.
The nesting habits Of this hornbill
are so extraordinary that they have
been repeatedly referred to by vari-
Gus writer's; but, owing to the ditl-
Guilty of finding the nests of the birds,
many details Of the earlier accounts
are not quite correct, while others
are not touched upon at all.
During the last four years DR..
Schouland has examined, he said, no
fewer than seven nests altogether,
with the birds belonging to most OF
them. The birds are often seen IN
winter in large numbers in the gar
dens at Graham's Town, but in sum-
mer they are only to be met with in
proximity to closely wooded kloots,
and this is due to the fact that they
nest in places where hollow trees are
to be found. All observers agree
that during incubation the female IS
a prisoner in kind of cage, the en-
trance to which is closed to such an
extent that it has to be broken
open before the female can leave the
nest. In all the cases he had seen
the nests were built in hollow trees.
Mrs. Barber had said that they
sometimes made the nest between
the crowded stems of the tall euphor-
bia; but that could not be reconciled
with some of her other statements.
The birds had apparently no prefe-
renee for any particular tree so long
as it suited their purpose. The
essential point for them was that
the hollow stem should be sufficient
" large for the female to move about
in the nest. and whether there is one
or more entrances, all must be of
such a nature that they can be par
tally or wholly closed up. The fe-
male, once inside, is fed by the male