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rest which had been buiU by some BUie-breasted Waxbills. 

 For their second venture the h^ire J-inches buih their own nest 

 in a dead Ketinospora. I so httle anticipated any result that 1 

 gave tliem no attention, and wlien after a time I noticed that 

 they were no longer incubating, I went into the aviary, expecting 

 to find more infertile eggs, but instead I was surprised to hear a 

 faint scjueak. I heard and saw nothing further until last 

 Saturday (August 4th). when I was suddenly aware of new 

 voices in the aviary, and discovered three young Fire Finches 

 flying strongly about. All three have at present the colouring 

 of the hen. 



Tt may be of interest to mention that I suffered some 

 losses in the early sununer, which I attribute to a cock Orange 

 Bishop which was introduced at that time. I noticed a tendency 

 on his part to chase the smaller birds, especially in the early 

 morning. After finding a hen Blue-breast Waxbill and a pair 

 of Silverbills dead with damaged skulls, and a Grey Singingfinch 

 with a disabled wing, I came to the conclusion that the Orange 

 Bishop was the cause of the trouble, and removed him to a 

 small enclosure by himself, and have not had any losses since. 



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Editorial. 



Nesting Notes. — In many aviaries results have not been 

 good, and in many instances it has only been recent later results 

 that have redeemed the season from absolute failure. 



In Mr. H. E. Bright's aviaries there have been many nests 

 but very few successes. 



With Young in Nest, Etc. — Indigo Bunting mated to 

 Nonpareil Bunting were feeding on July 27th. Also an Indigo 

 Bunting- (c ) mated to a Rainbow Bunting have built a " charm- 

 ing nest," no eggs yet, or they have been taken. — Mr. Bright 

 writes that this year there is some, as yet undiscovered, nest 

 robber, and many clutches of eggs have mysteriously 

 disappeared — the nests built by these two pairs of Cyanospiza 

 are similar in having a lot of cotton-wool spread all round the 

 nest and dropped about the shrub, but one nest is constructed of 

 hay and horsehair (more like our Garden Warbler's); the other 

 is formed of bark and horsehair and looks very like a tiny halt 

 cocoanut. 



