August, ScpicDihcr and October hi My A'Z'iarics. 251 



August, September, and October in My Aviaries. 



By W. Shore Baily, F.Z.S. 



My summer holidays caused an unavoidable break in 

 the notes on the happenings in my aviaries. 



August joth. — I returned for one day and found that the 

 ycung Twites had f^own ; the Crimson-crowned Weavers 



Photo by IV 

 Twite at Nest. 



Sliore Bail\i. F.Z.S. 



(Pyroinclaua fammiccps) had hatched two young ones, but these 

 l^ad been drowned in a heavy rain storm; the Red-billed Weavers 

 (Quclca quclca), whose nest was more sheltered, had two well- 

 ftathered young ones in the nest; the Egyptian Quail {Cotoruix 



