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same hen, all with birds in them. Two of them hatched 

 but onl}' one young one lived. The one that died was 

 certainly much smaller than the other, but this might 

 not mean anything. 



I tried both cages and an outdoor aviar}'. The 

 Redpoll-Bully were in a cage, and the Linnet-Bully 

 outside. The former hen laid 23 eggs in a Greenfinch's 

 old nest which I fixed in a corner of the cage with a few 

 twigs, and two other eggs at the bottom of the cage. 

 She always sat, for a few days onh', after laying a clutch. 



The Bullfinch hen paired to the Linnet built a fine 

 nest, and laid in a small German cage. She sat most 

 faithfully, but did not feed a young Canary which I gave 

 her to hatch. 



I am sorry to say that I lost the Bully hen which was 

 mated to the Redpoll. I am afraid I made a mistake in 

 allowing her to go to nest so often. I think that laying 

 so many eggs as 23 is far too great a strain on any hen, 

 and intend to "restrict the output" this season by 

 separating the birds occasionally. 



On the whole, I suppose I was fairl\' fortunate 

 compared with other fanciers, but I am much dis- 

 appointed at not getting a Redpoll- Bully hybrid reared. 



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