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removed them and placed them under Canaries ; two, with two 

 Canary eggs in each nest. Again all four hatched out, but the 

 Canaries refused to feed and threw them out of the nest along 

 with their own. (I have been very unfortunate this season, 

 owing to non-feeding Canary hens). 



The last nest was built in July, again the clutch consisted 

 -of four eggs, which duly hatched out. I supplied them with 

 plenty of mealworms, and am inclined to think I overdid these, 

 but I was unable to procure other insect food at the time; to 

 this I attribute the loss of these fledglings, which died on the 

 ■fifth day. I was also extremely busy at the time and was unable 

 to give them the attention I would wish to. 



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Various. — It may also be of interest to readers if I give 

 my experience with Chiugolo Sparrows. I have had three nests 

 in all from them, the eggs were duly hatched out, but the young 

 were not reared. They are now sitting again on three eggs. I 

 lost these fledglings mostly from a lack of insect food and the 

 interference of a pair of newly-imported Bichenos, which I got 

 from Messrs. Payne and Wallace in April last. I have one 

 youngster, now eight days old, which will probably be success- 

 fully reared. At the present time I have also Dwarf Finches 

 sitting on three eggs, and Green Avadavats nesting. My lack of 

 success in rearing the young may, I think, be attributed to 

 pressure of business preventing me giving them the necessary 

 attention and the lack of a sufficient variety of live insect food. 



£be Spice jfincb x Bengalee Ibvbrifc. 



(See plate figs. 3 and 4). 



By J. H. Henstock. 



The Spice-bird x Bengalee Hybrids have proved very 

 hardy for they have wintered out-of-doors and thrived well. By 

 the Spring they had developed into strong, robust birds, and the 

 one depicted in the photo is typical both as to contour and 

 characteristic pose. I had half-a-dozen or more flying in the 

 aviary, as well as the Spice-bird (father of the hybrids) and the 



