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of March. There was a small covered house in the 

 aviar}', but they did not make any use of it, for all 

 Tanagers (if iu good health) insist upon roosting in a 

 shrub, if there be one, no matter how cold the weather 

 or how warm the shelter provided for their benefit. 



On the 14th of June the hen began to construct a 

 nest of hay and grass stems in a thick privet hedge. 

 The nest was so deep as to entirely conceal the bird 

 when sitting except just her tail. The photograph 

 does not give a good idea of the depth of the nest, 

 partly because it was taken from above, and partly 

 because, at the time when it was taken, the sides of 

 the nest had become somewhat flattened by use. 



The three eggs were laid on consecutive days aud 

 incubation lasted for thirteen days. The j^oung were 

 ver}'- small and covered with black down. For the 

 first week they got only live insect food, but after that 

 they were fed partly on fruit (chiefly bananas). The 

 male bird took no part in incubating the eggs, but was 

 most diligent in carrying food to the young, and also 

 in driving away any other birds from the vicinity of 

 the nest, iu the performance of which duty he killed 

 one of my Roller Canaries and an Ortolan Bunting. 



The strongest youngster left the nest on July 13th, 

 and both were very soon able to pick up for them- 

 selves. 



I gave these two young birds to Dr. Butler, who 

 kept them for some time but did not succeed in 

 bringing them through the moult. From the above 

 account it may be inferred that the only trouble I had 

 with this species arose from associating it with smaller 

 birds at the nesting time — a mistake I should not 

 make again with any kind of Tanager. 



