6 PkacticaIv Bird-Keeping. 



to be afifected by sudden falls in the temperature characteristic 

 of our very depressing climate and grow up weakly when they 

 survive at all. My Gouldian Finches would not attempt to nest 

 earlier than July and I had no young earlier than September, so 

 that there was barely time for more than one nest in the season, 

 but Zebra-finches will breed all the year round if provided with 

 nesting-iuaterials. 



