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 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 



NEST BOXES. 



Question.— I have a pair of Zebra Finches and a pair 

 of Coral or Ribbon Finches, which lay, and bring the eggs 

 out of the nest broken. One nest box is a cigar box on 

 end, the other is a box 4^in. across and yin. deep. Are 

 the eggs broken by the birds dropping on them through 

 the nest boxes being too deep } 



Food : Canary, millet, and cuttle fish bone. Cage : 

 36in. by 36in. bv i6in. — divided in the centre. 



A.J. 



Answer : I think you will find that if you supply 

 plenty of hay the birds will generally fill np the box 

 nearly to the level of the opening. But you might put 

 in a handful of hay before hanging up the box. I don't 

 think there is an3^thing better than the cigar box nest. 



You might also supply some finely crushed eggshell. 



I think it most likely that the birds destroy the eggs 

 intentionally, but it may happen that they were broken 

 accidentally through the clumsiness of the birds or the 

 thinness of the shells. 



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