'){) Breeding the 'BulhnL Shama, and Pehui Uol>w . 



that was some four years a^i'-o, since whioli time they liave 

 .sfone ahead, Init thci'e are always two or tlirec (Icalli.- cacli 

 year, with young- l)ir(ls falling' out of thi'ii' nests Ix'foi'c Ihcir 

 duo time has arrived, to keep doAvn Ihcii' inunliers; olli-Twi,;,' 

 I ought to have al)Out thirtv 1)V now! 



Breeding White-eared and Red- whiskered Bul- 

 buls, Shama, and Pekin Robin. 



By Mi;s. A. Mahon. 



Whtte-EARED BuLP.UL (Pui-nonidus h'lictdis) : Passing- 

 tiirough Boml)ay in lUOS on my way to Simla, out of pity 

 I bought two mis(M'al)lr White-eared I]uH)uls, jnt-re haliics; 

 thoy over-eat themselves and in'arlj' died of indigestion. I 

 fed them every hour a.ll the wa.y to Simla, and they got 

 on splendidly all through tiie year. 



At the ))eg-inning (d' 1 !)()'.), when I hoped they might 

 laiild, (iiic, the larger (d' the two, dropped dead. I 'Aroto to 

 frie]ids in Cawnporc; to get me another; I was (piitc um-ertain 

 wliicli sex I required, and the friend who bought it for me- - 



Major . just took the lirst offered and despatched it; 



it arrived safely and was very lit ami lively. I'he two ))irds 

 soon became inseparable, but, it had now become t(Jo late 

 for them to build. 



I brought- all \\\\ bii'ds home in January, ]'.)f(), and 

 in May h't them loose in a room which was well li.i.;hti'd with 

 two windows, placing a ver}' thick old box-tree (planted 

 in a tub) in the centre. Building operations commenced at 

 once and to my tielight the Wliite-eared built a beautiful 

 nest, quite rotind, with a crimson perfumed pencil cord wo\en 

 in, the tasslo hanging out at the side. 



My expectations were marred l)y many hopes and fears 

 for the hen seemed egg-bound, and very drooping, but she 

 got over it all right and patiently incubated her clutch of 

 eggs for eleven days. 1 then tried to look in the nest but 

 this they would not permit, coming round and pecking at 

 my finger when I attempted to feel therein. She patiently sat 

 for twenty-one days in all and then gave up. On examina- 

 'U I found two eggs, both being infertile. The nest was 



