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Chaffinches in same ca^e as the aliove; laid 2 eggs on 

 the cage bottom, these were placed under a Canary, :both 

 hatched out but only one lived beyond the first day and died 

 when 5 days old. 



The Chaffinches went to nest again making their nest 

 in a Hartz-box, filling it with dried grass. In this 2 eggs 

 were laid and a third one on the cage bottom — all were broken 

 soon after. They remade the nest and laid 2 more eggs, one 

 was broken and as the hen did not sit, the other egg Avas jput 

 under a Canary, but proved infertile. 



Linnet paired to a Canary: First clutch was infertile, 

 the second clutch consisting of 3 eggs, 2 of which were in- 

 fertile, one hatched out, the chick was fully reared; it is now 

 a fine bird, a male. 



Third clutch, 2 eggs, one hatched out, the bird is doing 

 well and is now about 3 weeks old. 



Bullfinches: Kept in one compartment of same cage 

 as above, built a nest in a Hartz-travelling-cage, of dried 

 grass and the contents of an ordinary Hyde's nest -bag, a clutch 

 of 5 eggs was laid, 2 of which were put under a Canary. iThe 

 hen Bullfinch sat on the 3 left and hatched out one bird, but 

 did not feed it and the other two were infertile. The two eggs 

 put unJer the Canary hatched out, also two of her own at 

 the same time, but she did not prove a good feeder, and all 

 the young ones died. 



A pair each of Goldfinches and Siskins though contin- 

 ually feeding each other, never made any attempt to nest. 



Editorial, 



A Wasp Incubator: We are indebted to Mr. H. W. 

 Mathias for the following amusing and instructive cutting: 



A well known angler at Peterborough, having ob- 

 tained a wasp's nest containing a large number of grubs, placed 

 the nest in his kitchen oven in order to kill the grubs, so 

 that he could use them for bait. The next morning' he 

 went for his grubs, but on opening the oven door a" whole 

 swarm of wasps flew out. The oven had not been hot enough 



