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except three, whidi I imt under a bantam, and she promptly 

 smashed them; she is now inciiliaiini;- six eg-g-s, and J -am hoping- 

 will treat these properly. 



Green Avadavats {Slir/(>sji/.:(t /oni/osit). I have Iwu 

 [>airs and liotli arc ncsl iiii;-, hiil, 1 Irar one i»air liaA'c dcsei'tcd; 

 the other pair 1 Jiupe may liati'h out and rear. 



Avadavats {Spuracyinthus aniaudava). These have 

 nested and have eggs. 



Grey Singing-finches {Scri/ius Icucopygius). I have 

 a pair of these in each aviary, one hatched out two young 

 chicks, hut the nest collapsed, and the young- fell out and were 

 killed. They nested again and are incubating another clutch 

 of eggs. The oihei' pair hatched out four chicks, which lived 

 to Ije half Hedged, when Ihey too, died. 



Firefinches {Layoiioslicla scneyala). This species have 

 got as far as eggs "five or six times, but, that is all. They 

 are again sitting and 1 hope for the best! 



Grey ^\'a\bills {Eslrilda cinerea). These have had 

 nest after nest with no result 1 



Cordon Bleus (EstriUla plioenicoiis) . This species have, 

 I think, young in the nest. 



] have very few Softbills, but those I have -ire looking 

 very fit and include: one pair Yellow-winged Sugar-birds 

 {Cocreba cyanea), two pairs Indian A\'hite-eyes {Zosterops 

 palpehrosa), and a pair and one odd bird of Black- chinned 

 Yuhinas {Yuhina iiiyrimentujn), the last named are delightful 

 birds, always on the move and are perpetually raising their 

 pseudo crests in the most fascinating manner, and although tliey 

 do not spend their lives upside-down looking for insects under 

 leaves, like the White Eyes, they are perpetually on the look 

 out for some hapless midge or spider. 



These notes, although very rough, and record more of 

 failure than success, may at the same time, serve to show some 

 other beginner, that he must not look for success every lime 

 he gees a nest, and, may encourage him by Icnowing that 

 others are undergoing similar, or worse experiences, than his 

 own, and if such is the case, my object will be achieved. 



