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months but, after being turned into an out-door aviary, he never

was afflicted in this way. Of course a wet summer may mean

more insect food, and in this way its influence may be only

indirect.


Bechstein mentions the fact that, when kept in a room

with a stove, the feathers fall off from round the eyes and a kind

of scurvy is set up.


Towards the end of last August my Accentors, tempted no

doubt by a short spell of warm weather, again nested and again

reared one youngster.


I will conclude by again asking if any one can tell us

whether the Accentor has been bred in captivity.


Personally I think there is every probability that it has

been bred, but it is singular how little success aviarists seem to

have had with English insectivorous birds. The list of insect¬

ivorous species bred, so' far as my knowledge goes, is somewhat

as follows :—Three Waders (Ruff, Redshank, and Avocet), one

Rail, two Wagtails, one Pipit, one Shrike, the Nightingale, Thrush

and Blackbird. No Tits, no Warblers, no Chats, no Buntings.

Doubtless the Robin and Starling have been bred, though I do

not personally know of instances.


It would be very interesting if our members would add to

the above meagre list from their wider knowledge of the subject.



NESTING NOTES FOR 1907.



I enclose my nesting notes for the past year, viz.:—


Four Redrump Parrakeets, two White-eared Conures,

three Rock Peplar Parrakeets, five Red Rosella Parrakeets, one

Crimson-Wing Parrakeet. The Crimson-Wing was hatched and

reared by a Rock Peplar. F. J. Brook.



