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I took two Poeocephahis senegale7isis into the dining 

 room, and then waited our tmiversal genius' leisure 

 for the re-erection of ni}' aviaries, which the tenant 

 who took the house I left wished me to remove. But 

 before that was done, a neighbour, who had housed for 

 me five Pal. cyatiocephala and two Blue-bonnets, was 

 leaving his parish, wanted me to have them back, so 

 I was rather crowded. 



However my two aviaries — a single run of two — 

 are now up. These are against a wall facing S.E. and 

 their dimensions are, roughly, 20 yards long by 5J feet 

 wide — divided into sleeping houses 2 yards long — 

 sheltered run 5 yards and open run 3 yards. Into 

 these I have turned : into one, one cock Palceornis 

 dociiis, two cock cyanocephala, two hen rosa, one hen 

 cyanocephala x rosa, two cocks and one hen loiigi- 

 caiida. Into the other: a pair of Blue-bonnets and 

 five Poeocephalics seneoalensis. The aviaries are un- 

 heated, so I expect the Pceocephali will have to return 

 to the bird room in the autumn, and perhaps, the Pal. 

 lo7igicauda. 



I wish the Pceocephali could winter out, for one of 

 the two I had in the dining room made a nest in the 

 box I hung on to their cage, and was indefatigable in 

 sitting and laying. When she first laid I do not know, 

 for not expecting anything of the sort, I was not 

 watching her very closely. But after I had missed her 

 for some time, I took occasion to look into the box and 

 saw two eggs in a very neatly made nest. After wait- 

 ing more than four weeks I took the eggs away. Soon 

 two more were laid. I think these disappeared, for 

 after a considerable time I found two, looking too 

 fresh to be the original ones. After a time two more 



