•^22 Editorial. 



she triumphed, i'or as soon as the parent birds emerged she 

 went tc the barrel with two or three insects in her beak, which 

 she had been patiently reserving for her assumed charges; this 

 continued all the time the young were in the nest, both soft- 

 food and insects were carried to the young, :ind alter the young 

 left the nest, she followed them about and mothered them gene)'- 

 ally, taking to them every mealworm or other insect she could 

 get hold of. The two young would undoubtedly have been 

 reared without the Tanager's assistance, for the parent Ouzels 

 have brought up young annually for the past three seasons, 

 being themselves the olf- spring of the original pair which first 

 bred in 1909. 



Bkkeding Eesults: From a letter in "Cage Birds" we 

 giea)i that our meinber, Mr. W. E. Tescliemaker has suc- 

 cessfully reared young of : Citril Finches, Scaly-ironted Finches, 

 White and Yellow Wagtails, neither of which we think have 

 previously been reared in captivity. Good attempts were made 

 by Long -tailed and Bearded Tits, Himalayan Linnets, and 

 Purple -browed Rosefinches, We trust Mr. Teschemaker will 

 send some, details of these successes. 



Heck's Long -TAILED Geass-finch '{PocpJiila hccki). 

 Our member Mr. Hoffman, has reared one young bird of this 

 species; it is distinguished from P. acuHcaiodu by its coral - 

 red beak, so far as we know there is no record of young of 

 this species having been previously bred in this country. If 

 no notice of any previous success comes to hand, the club medal, 

 will be awarded Mr. Hoffman, in due course. A detailciT 

 account will appear later. If any reader knows of any pre- 

 vious success with this species, it is requested that details be 

 sent to the Club Secretary. 



Gkand Ec'lectus Parrot_^ {Eclecfus roratus): Miss 

 Drunmiond has met with success again this season with this 

 species one young bird, a female, being almost i-eady to leave 

 the log; it was hatched out on, or about, July 14th. We hope 

 Miss Drummond will send full details, and also tell us wliat 

 she can about the progress of last year's young l)irds. A 

 photo and description of the nest log would be of interest.* 



Nesting Notes: The season generally has l)een dis- 

 appointing, but various members have been getting a few 

 late nests during the past month. Mr. W. A. Eainbrirlgo Iiad 

 ■■'^ue L'oiTus[)Oiideiicu Section. 



