Good and Bad Points in My Aviaries. 105 
Xo. 2 aviary, have ne^ts. The Napoleon and Taha Weavers 
have no* yet luiilt. Charming birds are the Speckled Conures 
{Conunis cKops). Tliey ai'e very tame and as active as 
monkeys, Imt have, I am afraid, interfered with the nesting of 
some of till' small birds. I have also here a St. Thomas' Con- 
ure mated with a Tovi Parrakeet, and they look rather like 
nesting — an interesting hybrid should result. Diamond Doves 
also nested but I lost the hen, egg-bound. The Napoleon 
Weavers from No. 2 Aviary, have been turned in here, md 
the malee now in full colour very closely resemble the cock 
Tahas. 
No. () : Pairs each of Chilian Teal ; Chinese Greenfinches ; 
Mexican Black-breasted Quail, Canaries ; and Necklace Doves. Cocks : 
Fieldi'arc , Olivaceous and Abyssinian Weavers, and hen Golden Weavers. 
Li this aviary Necklace Doves have brought off two 
pairs of young. The Chinese Greenfinches {Chloris siuica) 
tore the top of a Eufous-necked Weaver's nest, and built a nest 
therein; five eggs w^ere laid, but the Weaver appears to have 
rather relented the intrusion and somewiiat badly damaged the 
cock Greenfinch, also causing the hen Greenfinch to desert. 
They have now builit a nest in a laurel and are again incubating 
