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of the upper parts; but about March the bright and pure 

 colours commence to re-appear, and to mcrease in brilliance 

 each year. 



My birds certainly feel the damp and cold of an English 

 winter, so I removed them from the out-door aviary to their 

 present quarters, where they have done extremely well. The 

 male's song is very difficult to describe — the quality of the 

 somewhat disjointed notes is good and the song is gay and 

 buoyant, 



In demeanour they are very quiet, not so active as 

 Cardinals, and are easily tamed. 



They are summer migrants to A^ortli America and 

 Canada, wintering south. They also occur in Cozumel, Jam- 

 aica, and Cuba 



Editorial. 



Australian Finches and Pareakp:kts: Next year at 

 any rate the Australian birds will apparently be very scarce, 

 as their exportation is now practically prohibited, and it be- 

 comes aviculturists to establish as many species in English 

 aviaries as possible. There have been recent importations of 

 Zebra Finches, etc., and there are a fair number of lira: sfinches 

 of sorts in various aviaries. We strongly urge all members of 

 F.B.C. to give them every encouragement to breed that is 

 possible, and by the exchange of young to prevent iii-])reediiig, 

 and make a great effort to permanently establish Australian 

 species in English aviaries. If those able to join in such 

 an effort will communicate with the Hon. Editor, we shall 

 be pleased to arrange the exchange of young, to put those 

 joining in the effort in communication with each other, and 

 to assist in any way so that the project may have a reasonable 

 prospect of success. We strongly urge the matter upon our 

 memhers attention. 



Nesting Notes. 



Breeding or Tanagers: Our esteemed member Dr. .J. 

 Easton Scott has successfully bred both the Blue and Scarlet 

 Tanagers, and young are now on the wing in his spacious 

 and natural garden aviaries: an account of his success will 

 appear in a near issue of Bird Notes. We recently had an 



