Co ryes 1)0 tide nee. ',\1',\ 



NEST OF ABYSSINIAN WEAVERS. {I'n.nnr'h,,, , ahusxhun, ). 



Sii-. I ,1111 .M'lidin- vnii yrt .iiioIIkm- plio'.o of a W.^avcr's iicst, 



hiiilt, l)y my newly iiiiportcd Abyssinian Weaver. Tliis siKvios is tlie 



most handsoni ■ nf liic Yelknv-Wfavci-s i have yet seen. Tlie neat 



is peifectl,\- idiinl. not p •ir-slianctl, the (iju'iiiui;- liclni;' on tlu" under- 



.side. It is the size of a larg"o Florida Gra23e-Fruit, and was built 

 of grass interwoven with currant leaves; it differs from any other 

 Weaver's nest I have had built this year, by having- a division in 



the middle. Both Ijirds took 

 So far no o,£;,<;s have 1 

 in the season to e.xpect theu 

 Westbury, Wilts., 



October 28th, 1913. 



laid. 



buildin-. 

 d ] am all 



lil it is too late 



W\ SHOKE-BAILY. 



FURTHER NESTING OF GRAND ECLECTUS PARROTS. 



Sir,— In reply to your request for fresh details re my second 

 succesj with the GraJid Eclectus Parrot, I am afraid I can add but 



