LeacJenham AiHarj/ Nntrs, 1012. 73 



(o") .i'lst honfan lo shoAv r-olnui\ I'avin.i? gono nnl nlvniit Ootobor 

 7lh. 1011: by 23r(l (Api-il) lie was in full co'our. 



April 20. I^Kn-cincsTKi) r.\T!T)ivAis (Paroaria curvl- 

 lafa) had laiM oiio oy-e:, huf on 2(Sth, \\vo or throo o,ir2:s wrro 

 found l)i'okon on tl)(^ i^round undoi'ncatli t'lo nest, and the bi'Tls 

 practically never altcmpleil lo nest a,i,'-ain; they hatched one 

 younir one soon after lh(\v \ver(> put foLTcther in the la!e suinnirr 

 or 1011. hut failed to rear it. 



Afay 8. Pk'Tokai, Ftn'ttks! {Munia pectoral in): T 

 put a pair (?) of I his spe'-'cs nu^ whi':".h, at time of writing- 

 (February Asi. 101 ;>) ai'c still out and doing- "well: these birds 

 .spend much time on the g-round and roost on or very near it. 



Canary (9) having: paired with a Cape Canary (Seri- 

 nus camcollis) built, bu^ affe^: the third egg T unfortunately had 

 to destroy her. 



May 8. Lo^t a Spicebird after four years out of doors. 



June. Pate Zebr \ Ftn' hits (Trrjiinpiiffia rastanofis): 

 This pair during June rea^-el four cTs- On July 24th two 

 more young o^s appeared, on September 18th, four more 

 young- cT-'^ were on the w'ng. On October 1 7th this indefati- 

 gable pair were sitting again, in a p'gcon hole in the sheet, 

 and by November 1 8th, had four more cf s and one O on the 

 wing, making, I believe, fourteen cfs and one 9 ^^ ^^^"e 

 months. 



June. Olive Finchi^ (Phonipara lepida): A pair of 

 this species in same aviary nearly as prolific! During my 

 absence in June they reared three young cfs- and on July 

 14th T found they had young in a nest; by 23rd they had begun 

 building again in a climbing ro'^e, and oi 24th two young 

 left the former nest; they anpear to tear otT the top of the nest 

 before the young quit — partly perhaps, to hurry them out and 

 partly lo slart their fresh nest with! By August 12 they had 

 eggs in a nest in a holly, the cf at same time being busy build- 

 ing another nest! By August 22nd they had Tiatched in the 

 holly, and on Sept. 4th three young left the nest. September 

 20th. the^ had built again in a flowering cur -ant and by 'SOth 

 had hatched out, three young leaving the ne-it on Oct. 11th;. 

 Thus in four months they had reared eleven young, which were 

 also nearly all cfs and so far as I know, except one, all alive 

 at present time; this, in spite of their nests and young being 



