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Foster Parents: Our member Mr. W. A. Bainbridge 

 placed the egg of a Diamond Finch (Steganopleura gutfata) 

 under a Beng-alese, the egg duly hatched out and the young 

 Diamond Finch (ten days old at the time of penning these 

 notes) is thriving, with every appearance of being fully reared. 

 Members' Aviaries: We recently visited the aviaries 

 Mr. R. S. de Quincy Quincy at Chislehurst. He has a nice 

 series of naiturally arranged and roomy flights with suitable 

 shelters; the largest of the latter is fitted up as a bird -room, 

 having several roomy flights at one end and large flight cages 

 at the back, for the winter housing of stock. A photo of these 

 aviaries appeared in our last volume, and we need not fur- 

 ther enlarge upon them here, save perhaps to state, that 

 the cover consisted mainly of rhododendrons, gorse, and one 

 or two deciduous shrubs, the gorse being a mass of gold 

 on the occasion of our visit. 



Upper Aviaries. A pair of roomy flights with shelters 

 a»ttached; one of these contained pairs of Redrumps and 

 Cockatiels, 2 young Grenadier Weavers, a Comoro Weaver 

 and an Orange Bishop; the other was given up to an exquisit€= 

 pair of Red-naped Lorikeets. 



Lower Aviaries. A group of Ave picturesque and prac- 

 tical flights and shelters, with occupants, as follows: 



1. Six pairs Gouldian Finches, and ipairs of Ruficauda Finches 



and Blue -winged Sivas. 



2. 11 young Gouldian Finches (1912 reared birds, not yet in 



colour), 1 Long -tailed Grassflnch x Parson Finch 

 hybrid, 2 Long -tailed Grassflnches, and 1 Parson Finch, 

 and 2 Blue -winged Sivas. 



3. Blue Tanager and Golden -eyed Babbler. 



4. Pair of Silver -eared Mesias. 



5. 1 pair Rufous -bellied Niltavas, 2 pairs Diamond Finches, 



3 Ringed Finches, 1 Yellow -headed Gouldian (9), the cock 

 having died on the morning of our visit; and 1 Rufi- 

 cauda Finch (cf). 



Bank Aviary, Built on a steep bank over a huge, 

 denseclumpof rhododendrons, and given up to a pair of Silver- 

 eared Mesias, which have already built a nest in a dense 

 portion of the cover. 



We had the pleasure of seeing the nests in which the 



