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in 1907 and has been blind for several years, but quite able 

 to find its food and water. W'c will supply dates in a later 

 issue. 



Nestino No IKS: From notes gleaned durin^^ a recent 

 visit to Dr. Lovcll-Kcays and from his letters, he has every 

 jironiise of a successful season. Me still has (juite a nice and 

 numerous collection of birds, after s<'lling such a large series 

 at the end of last year. The following may be briefly noted 

 as promising successful results : 



Young Malabar Parrakeet in barrel doing well. 



Zosterops (Z. vircns) due to hatch. 



Chaffinch {F . corlchs), sitting on four eggs, nest fairly 

 typical and built in a Retinospora bush — we have a photo and 

 hope to reproduce it m a near issue. 



Rosella Parrakcets are busy with a brood. Dr. Lovell- 

 Kcay.s has great hopes his Purple Sugarbirds may do the 

 right thing this season, they certainly look in "tip-top" breed- 

 ing form. We also noticed pairs of Nuthatches, Creepers 

 Long-tail and Blue Tits all put up for breeding. May the 

 best of luck attend them. 



Messrs. Bright, Haggle, and others also report pro- 

 mising prospects, many species prospecting, building, incubat- 

 ing, etc., such as : Peach-faced Lovebirds, various Grass- 

 finches, Indian Greenfinch, etc. 



An Aged Sh.4^e\h: Our member, the Hon. Mary 

 C. Hawke informs us that her Shamah, over 14 years old, is 

 in grand form, and singing as lustily as a young bird. 



Bl.\ck anr Yellow ILwvilnlh {Myccrobas mclanox- 

 anthiis) : In sending us the body of one of these, the same 

 member comments on only having now one left out of the hve 

 sent her over privately in 191 3. "Mischances have accounted 

 for most of them ; there was only one true pair among them, 

 and from, these in 191 4 she, by using Hedge Sparrows as 

 foster parents, and considerable liand feeding, managed to fully 

 rear one young bird (I'/c^^ " B.N." Aug. i 9 i 4, page 275). They 

 are grand birds, of typical hawfinch-form, with a beautiful gar- 



