316 On the Winter Treatment of Foreign Birds.


1 pair Parrot Finches (my old original pair which I had


possessed over 6 years).


2 pairs Cuban Finches.


Both the surviving Waxbills.


Cock Bed-billed Weaver.


Hen Greenfinch.


And, lastly, the hen Nonpareil Bunting.


I lost all the above in the space of four or five days, which only

shows that draughty unsuitable quarters will kill off almost at once

even the most robust birds.


The Parrot finch and surviving white java were sold, and

the birds actually placed in the aviary when it was erected again

were :—


1 cock Chaffinch.


1 cock Greenfinch.


1 cock Goldfinch.


1 cock Madagascar Weaver.


1 pair Common Quail.


1 pair Landrails.


1 cock Lesser and 1 hen Common

Black Tanagers (added since).


1 pair Californian Quail (now

transferred to patched-up con¬

servatory owing to the pug¬

nacity of the cock).


The only losses so far have been the cock Saffron finch

(killed I think by one of the bulbuls), a very old bird; he shared

the distinction of being with the cock Madagascar weaver, one of

my two first purchases on commencing to keep foreign birds : this

was on 8th August, 1908. The other loss, the two hen canaries

were both killed on their nests the same morning by the peach¬

faced love birds, a recent purchase.


I will furnish another account of any losses I may sustain

this year, in 1916.



1 pair Bulbuls.


1 pair Virginian Cardinals.


1 pair Redpolls.


1 pair Saffron Finches (cock

dead).


1 pair Bullfinches.


1 pair Red-faced Love Birds.


1 hen Red-billed Weaver.


1 cock and 4 hen Canaries (2

killed by Peach-faced Love¬

birds, since removed).



[We hope other members will write their experiences on this subject.—ED.]



