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as the young s Cutthroat has the red throat baud wheu it 

 leaves the nest. In size it is as fully as large as the Red-headed 

 Finch. 



Virginian x Grey Cardinal Hybrid: in response to my 

 request for details, I have been able to glean the following 

 facts. The Grey Cardinal -w&s the survivor of a pair which 

 occupied the same enclosure as a pair of Virginians, one of 

 each pair died, and shortly afterwards the Grey was seen carry- 

 ing hairs about ; after observation a nest was discovered iu an 

 oval shaped basket, constructed with fine roots and lined with 

 horse hairs; three eggs were laid and incubated for 14 days, all 

 three were duly hatched, l)ut owing to a shortage of live 

 insects the young all died. This year she built in a holly bush 

 and laid three eggs, which were all clear; she then built iu the 

 basket again and two young were duly hatched, one died when 

 three days old, the other left the nest when about two weeks 

 old, being then rather weak on its legs; its beak also appeared 

 to be deformed, the upper mandible being shorter than the 

 lower, and it had great difficulty in picking up its food ; after 

 the old birds left ofif feeding, it did not get sufficient nourish- 

 ment, though it lingered on till it was seven weeks old. Un- 

 fortunately it was not preserved ; its plumage resembled that 

 of the young Virginians, but was darker on the upper surface 

 and the shape of its head and crest resembled that of the Gre\'. 

 Unfortunately the experiment cannot be repeated as the Grey 

 was drowned in a watering can, half full of water, inadvertentlj' 

 left in the aviarj'. The cross was an interesting occurrence, 

 though the young hybrid had but a short life. Several in- 

 stances have come to my knowledge of young being hatched 

 from Gre}' x Pope Cardinals but the young did not leave the 

 nest alive ; a similar pairing in my own aviarj' has so far not 

 even resulted iu eggs. 



Some Notes on American Birds. 



Compiled from "Bird Lore," the official organ of the Audubon Societies of 

 Atnerica. 



The Rose-breasted Grosbeak {Hedymeles ludovicians). 

 This really fine bird is unsurpassed by few tropical birds in 

 brilliancy of colour, and nearly all writers agree as to its power 



