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was an exceptionally fine and well developed fledging for it 

 met with its untimely end only two days after leaving the nest. 

 There is really little todescribe. It was a male, and the band of 

 scarlet across the throat was already distinctly indicated, the 

 crown showed no indication of red, bnt the pen feathers on the 

 forehead, also between beak and eye and under the lower man- 

 dible, were jnst bursting, and are brick-red. The general body 

 colouring resembled that of the Cutthroat, consisting of fawns 

 and golden-browns; the light crescentic scalings of the under- 

 surface of the Red-headed Finch are only just indicated in the 

 hybrid (see photo.), and are merely paler fawn, whereas the 

 Red-heads have these markings very distinct and almost 

 white in colour. The dark penciling of the under surface of its 

 male parent are entirely absent in the young hybrid. It is 

 very probable that the various markings (fully brought out in 

 photo, which is life-size) would have become much more 

 decided had it lived to have assumed adult plumage. In size it 

 will be seen that it was at the time of its death fully equal to 

 the Red-headed I'incli. It is rather risky expressing an 

 opinion, especially as the feathers round the beak had only 

 burst at the tips, but it appeared to me as if the scarlet of the 

 band across the throat would have clashed with the brick-red 

 plumage round the beak. 



WINTERING TANAGERS OUT OF DOORS : In view 

 of the interesting article by our esteemed member, Mr. Harper, 

 it may be of interest to many if I briefly state how my birds 

 have fared so far. In the first place, I may say, my aviary is 

 simply a piece of the garden netted in, with a lean-to shed at 

 the back, which is entirily open at the Jront (S.). In May last I 

 turned out my pair of Blue Tanagers ; in August, a very fine 

 Scarlet, and in late September, a ? Maroon. As all our mem- 

 bers are aware, with the exception of two short spells, it has 

 been one long Winter all through 1907 ; Mr. Harper makes an 

 appreciative reference to their condition, when he saw them in 

 mid-October, and I may say that to-day, November 30th, that 

 condition is unchanged. And what a glory they appear, in 

 contrast to their environment of the past fortnight, at any 

 rate. However low the temperature may fall, they can be put 



