Good (1)1(1 Bad Points hi Mi/ A ciwies. 
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whcM'O the oiher Weavers ai'e l)lack. They have woven luaiiy 
nesto in all parts of the aviary. 
Ko. 2 . Pairs <'arli ul Ministarlir, Alcxaniiriiic. ami l?i).si.'-lira'li'(l 
Parrakeets , Budgerigars; Aurita Dovos ; and Yfdlou Sparrows. Cocks: 
Plum-lK'adrd I 'a rrakiN't , Blur-w iugiul Lovcbini, I'card'ul Dove aii'l a hen 
Brush liruii»'-\ving Dove -. also a Hock of "Orange and Xapolemi Weavers. 
Here the Ale.xandriue Parrakeets nested early in Feb- 
ruary, but the young died in the shell. Ho^vever, they nested 
again, and on ,Iune Tith two tine young ones left the nest. 
A few young Budgerigars have also appeared but none have 
survived. It was found necessary to remove all the small 
birds, so that this aviary could be used as a kind of nursery 
for the young Doves and Parrakeets hatched in the other en- 
closures. 
No. 3: Pairs each of Severe Macaws; Black -headed Conures ; 
Madagascar and Black-cheeked Lovebirds ; Bleeding-heart and Masked 
Doves ; cock Blue-crowned Conure ; hens : Cape, Cinnamon and Swain- 
son's Sparrows, and some cock House Sparrows — also a flock of Red- 
billed \^'eavers . 
In this aviary Madagascar Lovebirds nested twice early 
in the spring, but the cold weather killed all the young in 
