124 Aviary Xotcs of ipi/. 



Aviary Notes, 1917. 



By 11. E. Bright. 



In coiise([nence of the severe winter and unseasonable 

 s'prini;- my birds were not turned out till May. excepting" in the 

 case of a few ultra-hardy s])ecies. 



Ars iRALiAx l-'ixciiKS. — ()f thesc there are quite a small 

 crowd and nearly all tliese are Inisy nesting — including T.ong- 

 tails, Rufous-tails, Cherry, Bicheno's Diamond, Masked. Parson 

 and Zebra b'inches, also \'eIlow-rumped and Chestnut-breasted 

 Mannikins, the latter though are not quite through the moult. 

 (". juklian lynches are pairing but liaA'e not yet seen them 

 building an_\'where. ( )f com"se, it is as yet. too early to give any 

 details of their operations. Parrot Finches are also building, 

 bm alas! seldom rear any young; hope in this res])ect the iqt^ 

 season mav l)e a record one in mv aviaries. 



Long"-t;iile(l Grassfinch. 



IxDiAx .Si>i.( [i:s. — Avadavats. Three-colour Mannikins. 

 MaLabar Mynali'-, ( loldfinches. etc., are either building or sit- 

 ting. The ( ioldlinches, both pairs, are feeding their respective 

 mates, and 1 think. ba\e nests but 1 cannot see them actually at 

 work, thouL;]i they keep about all the time. The llimalayan 

 i'nlt'mches are in line form l)ut not nesting up to the present 

 (May 4th I. 



.Ai-RK'ws. 1 have tpiite a numl)er of these, all of which 

 are looking very tit and have come through the trying winter 



