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hii'ds mi^'-hl liaAt- irci' access to tli,' new ni,t,^lit, and Ihi' aviary 

 has since heeii a coniidete success. 



,AI1 the l)ii'.ls have moulted, and most of them are now 

 nestini^. Tiie a\iary hejiii;- rather re>ti'i(ded in si/,o, J have 

 had no opportunit \ loi' insiiecting the nests. I knew that 

 several nests werv' built at the l)e,ij;-i lining of August. Tlie 

 only results at present are: 

 Aug. 1 4.— ■^'oung Zelira Fintdies ol>served in nests, one in 



covered and one in open flight. 

 Aug. 15.— Three young Zebra Pinches flew from nest in oi)en 



flight. 

 Aug. 10.— One Zelira Fimdi left the nest in covered flight. 

 Aug. 17. — Two more Zebra Finches left the nest in covered 

 flight, at least so I conclude, as they were (lying 

 about in covered flight wdien first observed. 



Both the pairs of parent birds are nesting again, and 

 arc also still attending to their young (August 18tli). 



The following birds have nests in thick 1)uslies, Init 

 results cannot yet be given from these: Common and Ovwn 

 Avadavats, Oi'ange-cheeked and Gold-breasled Waxbills, I?u!i- 

 cauda and Masked Grassflnches, Cordon Bleus. and Cid)a 

 Finches. 



Birds moulting: Couldian Finches, two pairs (one 

 Black-headed hen which had lieen laid for iiearly a year is 

 producing all its feath(>rs again), and Gold-breastetl Waxbills. 



My (^ueen and Paradi; e ^Vl^ydal^s and Combasous are 

 now donning their nu])tial plumage. 



The Breeding of a Hybrid Lorikeet. 



XTrlcltojjlossa^ nthriiui qaca x T. Hiijr'ujularis) . 



I5v 0. MlIil.SUM. 



This record is long delayed. Our worthy Ediloi' has 

 done hi.i utmost to urge nu- o;i— I regret veiy much ha\ing 

 unheeded his exhortations for so long, but since the above 

 event occurred, I have had many things to think of, which 

 have kept me fully occupied to the exclusion of all else. True, 

 there have been times when I might have written up the 

 necessary details, l)ut, all my notes and records were packed 

 away previous to leaving Belgium- remained so until two 



