Notes On Jungle and Other Wild Life. 135 



rtrst lot of youiij^' ones are now independent of their parents 

 The tirst time they have been reared in England, I believe. 



July i6th. — Five young Calif ornian Quail hatched. 



July lyth. — Twite hatched four young- ones. This is 

 my second pair. The second nest of my first pair was destroyed 

 ijy other birds. The same fate befell my Brambling's nest. 



July i8th. — Misto Seedfinch hatched three young. 



Jnly / 9/ //. — Seven Buffalo Weavers and three Gambian 

 Sparrows arrived from Dr. Hopkinson. who brought them over 

 with him from the (Gambia. They are most interesting birds 

 and will, I hope, survive, and in due course go to nest. These 

 birds make communal nests, and it would be very interesting to 

 get photos, etc., of these in an aviary. It was very good of 

 Dr. Hopkinson to send them here. 



July 2()th. — ^'oung Senegal Sparrows left nest. This is 

 also for the first time in these aviaries, although I have had 

 many of these birds. 



July 2J.y^— Crimson-crowned Weaver sitting on three eggs. 



July 22nd. — Plumbeous Quails have now driven off their 



young and are evidently looking for a new building site. The 



young ones appear to be a pair, but I cannot be sure of this 



without handling them. 



July 2^rd. — Four young Californian Quail hatched. 

 I^iftal Weavers died. Whether this was due to a change of 

 (Met, too much live food after their long abstinence from this on 

 their voyage over, I am unable to .say, but it is very disap- 

 pointing. They all lost the use of their legs before succumbing. 



July 24th. — Left for summer holiday, so record for the 

 rest of the month not available. 



Notes on Jungle and other Wild Life. 



By Dr. Casey A. Wood, M.B.O.U. 



(Continued from page iii.) 



Two voyages to the West Indies have convinced me that 

 the cheapest and most satisfactory method of really " seeing " 

 that section of them known as the I-esser Antilles, is to organize 



