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3 (iukl-l)i-('a.-~l(Ml Waxbills, i' Coiildiaii Fiiicli.'s, 2 Jacariiii 



Finchov -1 Diaiiioii'i I.'ovc^, and :5 '/.r\^r,i r.ii. •;!,■; a I left \\w 



lie -.t (luiiiiu :'c|' (Mill T, and DiatiiDinl l>'iiirii!' <. F,i()ii/,c Maniii- 



kius, Silvi'rliill-, and Culiaii Finrhco, arc all IcMliii-- VDiui.t;. 



Mr. 11. I5ri-lil liad iUh Finches, Bronze Maiiiiikiii'<, ilyluil 



IJili Finch x Hioii/c .\Iannikin, Red-headed x Cuttln'oal, and 



Ma.uinc Mannikiii.-^ all WW the ncsi during Septenil.ci', and \vc 



gallier liuil there arv young- ui VcIIow-runiped Maiinikin.s, 



Long- -tail and Masked Ura.ssfinches, and (iuuldian Finches still 



in the nest. Mr. H. L. Sich has late broods (now on the 



wing), of 1 young Cujuldian Finches, from R.H. (o) and B.H. 



(v); o young Olive Finches, 1 Firethich; Avadavats, ,ind 



Long-tailed (irasslindics have young in the lu'st. 



Dr. J. Faston Scott, alter rearing nathuig has 10 young 

 Gouldiau Finches, 4 young Cuban Finches, and. Hybrid Sharp - 

 tailed Finch x Silverbill as September results. 



Mr. W . Shore Baily lias had 5 young Ciouldians recently 

 leave the nest; Diamond and Bronze-wing Doves have young 

 in the- nest; and he has a brood of Blue-winged (Pfiiltacula pas- 

 serina) x Guiana {Agapornis guianensis) Lovebird hybrids 

 about a week old. 'We are rather surprised (ha( the Guiana 

 Lovebird ha.s not been bred 'ere this, of course there are few 

 true pairs in the country, as Mrs. K. Leslie Miller's paii', 

 now in their fifth year of cage-life, have laid quite a number 

 of creamy white Q^g^i, four of which Mrs. Miller has kindly 

 sent U.-3 for examination, these average .65 x .ooin. Under 

 the conditions of aviary-liie, this pair would undouijiedly have 

 reared young. 



The Olivk Finch {Phunipara Icpida): The accom- 

 panying photo of a nest of this species, is used as figuring a 

 nest site, showing by comparison with others which have ap- 

 peared, the variability both of height from ground and char- 

 acter of cover chosen, illustrating in some measure the ad- 

 aptability of species to their environment, and their more 

 or less ready acceptance of the best cover available in a 

 given aviary; this ti'ait is not in direct opposition to thejr 

 behaviour in a state of nature. The site of the nest figured 

 is a large seeding (.lock plant with live stout stems, and, the 

 nest is secured to all of them, and several severe gales of 

 wind have failed to disturb in the least, aiul, it is in almost 

 as good a state of preservation now (October oixl) as when 



