Ifi Brredrng Tri-colovred Mnnnncin X Tipngnlcc. 
Iiopos, as very soon a nest was built, ej^gs laid, and all three 
Ivo.q-aii to ineubato; it was not to be, however, as this clutch 
and the iioxt two were clear. 
Abou*^ til is time one Benfralese died, another decided that 
she had sat loni? enough, but the third might have been glued 
to the nest, .is she would scarcely leave unless touched. 
Having an odd Diamond Sparrow's egg I put it under her and 
she hatched i', out, but just as the young bird was ready to 
leave the nest, the Bengalese evidently tired of its Avork, died, 
and with it the young Diamond Sparrow. 
In the meanwhile, one Tri-coloui'ed Mannikin had died, 
and the other decided to console him -elf by falHng in love Avith 
the Bengalese and very soon a nest was built, in wliich the 
Bengalese could generally be found; a fiew more nests followed, 
the last of which contained four egg'?, on which 1>oth birds sat, 
either together or in turn. 
Aftei' a period of anxious waiting T investigated, only 
to find that the eggs were clear, and a second clutch were the 
same. T then gave up, and once more decided to try and breed 
from them as separate .species, so procured mates for them, 
and also another pair of Tri-colourcd Mannikins. 
Fate now sent me a I'at, which killed off one Tri -colour, 
but as ln.ck would liave it, it was not the one which had at- 
tem])ted to nest. Soon the Tri-coloured and Bengalese built 
again, liui although T looked many times, I found no eggs, 
and then ceased to trouble about them. 
However, on Wednesday, November 19th, 1913, my man 
told me that both bii'ds had taken food into the nest, which 
I examined, and found two naked bodies, obviously just hatched, 
and horrid looking little things they were. 
Mealworms were now supplied more liberally, both 
parent.^ eating them freely. The young were very slow in 
feathering, b/ut by December 1st they had begun to feather, 
on the 10th they looked ready to leave the nest, but did not do 
so until the 14th, twenty-five days after they were hatched, and 
on January 2nd, 1914, or 19 days after leaving the nest, they 
fed themselves for the first time. 
The season 1914 saw seveial nu.re nests, egss, 
and young, and now (September) there are about 10 young 
