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It i? curious that this should be the only breeding 

 rcsuh of the season, and that in September ! The babe 

 must have been hatched on one of the last days of August, as 

 it left the nest on September iith. [The only detail I can 

 add is, thai the hybrid's legs are salmon-pink; of course, the 

 plumage is only immature. I trust we shall be able to winter 

 it. and see what the adult plumage will be.— R. de Q.Q.], 



Bakloh Aviary Notes. Part II. 



(Continued from page 246). 



EXIKACTS FROM LETTERS FROM, AM) DiARV BV E. G. 



M. Perreau, with Notes bv Major G. A. Perreau. 



Nesting of Red-billed Babblers {Stacliyrhidopsis 

 ruficeps), and Tailor Birds {Ortfwtomus sutorius). 



April 27th. — Noticed Tailor Birds carrying something 



into hydrangea bush, did not look. Red-billod Babblers' eggs 

 warm. 



April 29th. — You will laugh .at my attempts at keeping 

 a bird diary, they are the merest jottings. Yesterday, all by 

 myself, and by observation 1 found the Tailor Birds' nest, 

 half finished in the hydrangea quite high up (say 4|feet), 

 three or four leaves bent over, and sewn together. I'd seen 

 them fussing and otTered some of my best selected lengths of 

 cotton, but on watching them' I saw him carrying fluff out of a 

 husk, so 'gingerly went to investigate, quite time that I did. 

 I do hope it will come off. TIu' Rock Thrush lady, lis very 

 fit and all over the place; the cock is very handsome, too 

 lovely to live at times but an outside lady seems attractive to 

 him, 1 try to get out in the afternoons to see something for 

 you, but e.\.pect it is a poor attempt. Tell me the things you 

 want to hear about most. 



May 2nd. — L. Had inspection yesterday. Red-billed 

 Babblers sitting tight. The Tailor Birds' nest is sweety one big 

 leaf for the bottom and 3 others bent downwards and back- 

 wards for the bides and sewn on to the bottom one, and a 



