Rare N.G. Birds.

For Sydney Zoo.

CARPENTERS are busy at Taronga Park Zoo constructing a number of new cages for the accommodation of a collection of brightly-hued tropical birds, which are being sent to Sydney next month (says Sydney “Sun” of No vember 1).

The work of collecting the birds has been placed in the hands of Mr. Bruce Brown, secretary of the Zoo, who left for New Guinea several weeks ago to superintend operations there. Assisted by the Administrator of the Mandated Territory, together with the mission sta tions in the north of New Guinea, Mr.

Brown hopes to capture species of birds as yet unseen in many of the leading zoos of the world. Among the birds which he hopes to include in the collec tion are rare specimens of birds of para dise, tropical pigeons, starlings and par rots.

Specially prepared crates, designed with a view to giving the birds the ut most protection and comfort on the voy age back, have already been shipped from Sydney, and it is expected that Mr.

Brown will have completed his collection in time to return by the "Montoro” in the middle of December.

The hunting ground of Mr. Brown is the wild jungle along the north coast of New Guinea, an area said to be par ticularly rich in bird life.