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N ESTI NG NOTES '. White eye-browed Wood Swallows (Artamus 

 superciliosus). Our esteemed member, Mr. E. J. Brooks, has a pair of this 

 species, with a brood of 3'oung which are being reared entirely on live food. 

 This is a very rare occurrence, yet not entirely without precedent. In 1870 

 two of this species were bred in the London Zoo on July 2nd — one died on 

 August 4th, and the other a day later of the same year. It is doubtful if 

 they were then quite independent of their parents. Mr. Brooks' success is 

 the first to occur in private aviaries. 



NURSING A SICK MYNAH AND ITS SEQUEL! Details have 

 reached me, and which I quote here as an instance of the care bestowed by 

 many aviculturists upon their avian captives and pets, as well as being a 

 useful record to others who may have birds in similar case. The bird, a 

 Greater Hill Mynah, was nearly dead ; to keep up the circulation when the 

 bird was too exhausted to roost, it was placed on a hot water bottle, the 

 treatment was effective and the bird's life saved. Now for the sequel : 

 Though the bird has recovered and is quite able to roost, and does so all day, 

 it will not rest at night without its hot water bottle, by the side of which it 

 lies all night. Surely there is sufficient reason here to distinguish and 

 appreciate comfort; many other equally striking cases might be quoted. 



BREEDING OF PEACEFUL DOVES \ As will be seen else- 

 where, Mr. W. E. Teschemaker has bred this species and has now fully 

 reared young flying in his aviary. Certainly I have not been able to make 

 an extended search, but I know of no previous record of their having been 

 bred in this country. If any member knows of such an occurrence will 

 they kindly inform me of same ? Otherwise a Certificate will be awarded 

 Mr. Teschemaker as a first record for the United Kingdom. 



The same as to Pelzeln's Saffron Finch, unless any member knows of 

 this species having been previously bred, a Certificate will be awarded in 



this case also. 



note : Owing to pressure upon our space many interesting nesting notes and articles 

 have had to be held over till next issue. 



Correspondence. 



LONGEVITY OF CAGE BIRDS. 



Sir, — I have just had the misfortune to lose the oldest inhabitant of 

 my bird room — a Red-crested Cardinal. 



Some years ago a friend of mine had five or six Cardinals brought 

 over for him privately. My friend told me they all died but one, with a 

 hole in their backs, so the survivor must have had some canabalistic ten- 

 dencies. He kept him eight years, and then gave him to me. I have had 

 him eleven years, so I know for a fact he has been caged for nineteen years. 

 Occasionally he failed to grow any feathers on his head, but always had an 

 exceptional crop the following year, but for this he was always well, though 

 his legs showed great age. 



