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colour. In the aviary with the Yellow Budgerigars 

 are Bullfinches, Canaries, Zebras, Spice Finches, 

 various species of Weavers, Whydahs, Gouldians, 

 Silver Bills, Avadavats, one Black-throated Cardinal, 

 one Goldfinch, and a Pileated Finch. 



The Bullfinches I have had two nests from, but 

 they never fed the young. 



Of Canaries I have two hens and one cock ; both 

 hens have nested, one has brought up six young ones, 

 two of which were killed as I stated before, the other 

 brought hers up for a time and then left off feeding 

 them. 



I have also had several nests of Silver Bills and 

 Zebra Finches. Of course the' breeding of the above 

 various species is a cominouplace experience enough, 

 with perhaps the exception of the Rosellas, and I 

 should hardly have thought it worthy of mention 

 except for the fact that, contrary to what we are 

 constantly being told by the Russ school of avicul- 

 turists, all my successes have been achieved without 

 egg ; but what I am most pleased with is having bred 

 the Spice Finch. Curiously enough I never knew 

 they were breeding until I wanted to shift a box to 

 make a little alteration in my aviary. Commencing 

 to take it down I saw that one of the Weavers had 

 bound some hay about it, and on pulling that away, to 

 my surprise I also pulled away a portion of a nest 

 inside the box, and two young birds along with it. 

 Not knowing what they were I put them back again 

 and watched for some time, when I saw a Spice F'inch 

 fly on a perch about two yards away from the box and 

 suddenly fly as swiftly as possible into it. After this 

 I kept careful watch and found the Spice Finches 

 systematically going in to feed. 



I have now three young ones flying about. They 

 are of a uniform darkish brown colour on the head 

 and upper parts, wings, and tail, lighter on chin and 



