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the young cock is last assuniiiiy tlic rich lines ol llic adult. 

 Ill uo:s\.)iiig i)hniia,i;(: llicy ruyciublc lh«; licii, with li aik licakii 

 ami sonic red v. a the mini). 



AIkiuI this time more youii.i;' were heard in aiielhcr 

 nest, but 1 had to leave hoiii.' and do not know tli d/' iale. 



'I'lic I'ood provided consisted ol the ii-ual sivmIs, li\c ami 

 {ire.--er\'cii ants' " e,L;-_^>> " and mealworm-, plus such si;ctl^ and 

 insects as could be pick-'d up in tludi' nalnral cmdo-ure, hui, 

 1 am not aide to say ui\ wiiai the ,\oinig were i'ed. 



CiijxKKAL J\k.\iai;ks: i'dieliiiche.-, wiien once acclima- 

 tised, are deliyhti'ul, till then a trial and worry to everyone, 

 but when (nice in j^jo 1 healin 1 lia\e not lound that tli-y 

 object to cold; last w intc.', however, 1 kept them in a room 

 that wa.-^ Slightly warmed. This year one paii' is going to 

 stay out ami 1 ha\e no tloui;! hut that they will sur\-i\-e. 



So niucdi loi' our iin\ irieml; long may he i)rospei' and 

 rep'rodui-e his kind; long may he live to delight us with his 

 cheery conliding ways and liery garment, as he Hits hej'c and 

 there amidst the greenery of his garden home. 



Editorial. 



FusTEK Pakkxts: Tiii.^ heading is perhap., scarceiy 

 correct, as the, so called, losler parents only rendered paj'tial 

 assistance in the up^-ijringing oi the younghirds. ivlissAi.K. 

 iiakei' writes: "" In my aviary 1 Have ha-d a young Eed-Ci-esied 

 " Cardinal, ted by a Blue liiosbeaR (o') ; the pareni Cardinals 

 "did not oliject in the least. Is this not rather unusual?". 



Such instances are scarcely uncommon, at the same lime 

 they are not every-day occurrences, ^^'e will quote another in- 

 stance: h\. Mr. W. T. Page's aviary, it was noticed tliat while 

 the Grey-winged Ouzels were incubating in a small liarrel, 

 a hen Black Tanager was causing them a great deal of 

 annoyance, but she was very insistent, ioi-, in spite ol' blows, 

 she still intruck'd, and the Q^^ci were looked upon as spoiled, 

 but, in spite ol all iutenerence two chicks were duly hatched 

 out (these are now doing well and nearly in adult i)Iumage), 

 the interest of the Black Tanager continued and while si/.e told, 

 and she was compelled to clear off whenever the Ouzels went 

 up with their bills full of insects, nevertheless to aii extent 



