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seen nesting with the others, and also iu a grass field nearly a 

 mile down the road. 



I have hand-reared a brown Linnet, but not wanting to 

 keep it, I turned it out of a window. It returned always to the 

 same window, for over three weeks, to be fed ; when satisfied it 

 wiped its beak on the feeder's hand, and then flew straight out 

 to the plantation. It came nearly every hour at first, then only 

 occasionally, but is still to be seen, picking about among other 

 birds. 



It may also be interesting to hear that a Red-legged Partridge 

 nested among the bracken on a rock, close to the garden path. 

 When hatched, the young ones, somehow managed to fall, 

 unhurt, down on the grass lawn below. This seemed to upset 

 the old one so much that she flew off and never returned to 

 them, in spite of the place being left quiet till quite late in the 

 the evening. The youngsters were eventuallj' collected aiul 

 given to a poultry hen, who, as usual, squashed all but two, 

 which were reared. I will just add to these notes, that my 

 cock Rosella escaped from the aviary one day, and being a 

 very wild bird, went off to the plantation, leaving his wife and 

 young ones. I thought I had lost the nest, as the hen refused 

 to feed the young ones by herself; but in the evening he 

 returned to her call, and allowed himself to be caught in a trap 

 cage. Is this at all unusual ? The young ones are now fine 

 birds, and I think I was very luck}'. RoselIvA. 



[Escaped birds have frequently been known to return to 

 their mates in the breeding season after a few hours of 

 freedom. — Ed.] 



