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cock ; tliey built in the outside flight under a board 

 12 inches wide with a division down the middle, the 

 section of this arrangement is J shaped and makes 

 good cover for nest boxes ; it is fixed to the roof. 

 I used to hang a tin of mealworms and fresh ants' 

 eggs, when I had them, to the side of the Hartz cage 

 they built in, the other birds then did not take them. 

 They laid again but the eggs disappeared. The Dia- 

 mond Sparrows also hatched out onej^oung bird which 

 only lived ten days. A pair of Avadavats nested, but 

 all the three eggs were clear. The cock has been in 

 my possession seven or eight 5'ears. 



Enclosure No. 2 contains one pair of Blue Robins, 

 Parrot Finches, Cherry Finches, Alarios, Pintail Non- 

 pareils, Zebras, Diamond Sparrows, Serins, Yorkshire 

 Canaries, Trumpeter Bullfinches and Gouldians. The 

 Blue Robins built in a hollow log and onl)'' hatched 

 one the first time, which lived but eight days. The 

 second time she hatched four and brought them all up 

 but one, which she starved in the nest ; it died when 

 ten days old, having suffered from fits and cramp. The 

 third time she hatched out three and reared two of 

 them. I hand-reared the third young one, putting it 

 in a Hedge Sparrow's nest for eight daj's. The fourth 

 and last time she reared two. They ate mealworms 

 ad. lid., fresh ants' eggs and Century Food mixed with 

 fresh egg yolk ; blackbeetles were also eaten freely. 

 The Parrot Finches hatched three young ones in No. 

 I enclosure, which they deserted in ten days, so I 

 moved them into No. 2 and they brought off four 

 beautiful birds ; the nest was built in a cigar box, 

 fixed horizontally, with half of the front cut away. 

 The Alarios built and hatched three young ones but 



