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A nice pair of Rock Pipits, which I caught in the Isle of 

 Man in September 1907, were anxious to nest but they could not 

 find a suitable locality. It was charming to see the male poised 

 on outstretched wings, singing, and also to watch the twists and 

 turns and lightning-speed of the love-flight. 



A pair of Mealy Redpolls built a gem of a nest in the very 

 top of a Macrocarpa. The young hatched and all went well for a 

 few days. Then the — in my case — usual tragedy occurred. 

 Early one morning the young completely disappeared nor was 

 there anything to account for it but a small hole in one side of 

 the nest, possibly made by a mouse. 



A pair of Brambliugs built and had laid one egg when 

 their nest was destroyed by some Weavers which latter had been 

 two years in the aviary and done no damage whatever. 



A hen Nuthatch is sitting presumably on eggs. Shore 

 Larks, Marsh Tits and Reed Buntings have done nothing and 

 these are all the indigenous species I have tried this season. 



We now come to the Foreign species, of which during the 

 past season I have picked up several " first importations." A 

 pair of large and handsome South American Grosbeaks built a 

 large, flat, untidy nest but at the critical moment the male ran a 

 thorn into one eye which nearly cost him his life. He recovered 

 (and also recovered his eyesight) but the breeding impulse had 

 left him and, when the eggs appeared, he eat them. 



A small species of Saffron Finch, not at the moment 

 identified, has young, still in the nest. 



A pair of Cinnamon Tree Sparrows, from the Himalayas, 

 have young, just ready to fly. Jerdon's Accentors (another 

 Indian species) have a nest but no eggs. Pink-browed Rose 

 Finches are building. A pair of Giant Whydahs have built two 

 nests but have not laid. I have had several nests from a pair of 

 Scaly-crowned Finches but the eggs have all proved unfertile ; 

 and the same remark applies to Cape Canaries and Sulphury 

 Seedeaters. 



A pair of small South American Doves (Chamcepelia 

 griseola), have two young fully reared, and two more in the nest. 



Cape Doves have laid three clutches of eggs, but have 

 broken or deserted them all. The eggs of this species are 



