The Oologists' Record, December i, 1921. 



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In the hills I found nests at all heights up to 2,500 feet. The 

 breeding season commences at the end of March and continues 

 almost up to the end of August, though the principal nesting months 

 are April, May, and the first half of June. After that, nests, though 

 very common, are not abundant, and not many are likely to be 

 found after the end of July. 



The earliest nest I found was on the 2nd April, 1920, and con- 

 tained five eggs which had been incubated over a week. 



Nests found after the loth July contained eggs as follows :— 



These can only be taken as rough records, as in 1918 I did no 

 more nesting after the 15th July ; while in July, 1920, I was not 

 on the look-out for nests of this species, and only took note of those 

 that I chanced upon while in search of other kinds. 



Two broods are brought up in the year and possibly a third- 

 The normal clutch consists of five eggs, and out of at least 300 

 nests that I have examined I ha\'e only come across one in which 

 there was more than this number, and that one contained a set of 

 six fresh eggs which I took on the ist June, 1920, in the Coastal 

 Plain. In the same area that year, on the 12th June, I found a set 

 of four fresh eggs, one of which was a pigmy egg and not as large 

 as that of the Golden-crested Wren. Sets of five are very uncommon 

 late in the season, and I only came across two after the end of 

 June. 



The eggs \ary tremendously in size and shape, as well as a 

 good deal in their coloration, and I find that several of my sets of 

 small Chloris c. chlorotica overlap the sets of my largest eggs of 

 Carduelis c. niedecki, as follows : — 



