190 Good a»d Bad Points hi Mi/ Aviaries. 
a clutch of efffr-;. The Rufous -necked and Olivaceous Weavers 
have, a< usual, built many nests, Init the flock of Orange 
Bishops have not started building yet. The Black -breasted 
Mexican Quail have also made a nest, but look as if they 
were going no further with it. The Yellow Sparrows have 
l)uill ii, huge nest of sticks (sec photo}; quite big enough in 
fact, for a colony. 
No. 7: Pairs each of Chestnut -breasted Teal; Bronze-wing 
Doves ; Paradise Whydahs ; Crimson -cro-.vned. Golden, and Half-masked 
Weavers. Cocks: Red -collared Whydah and Greenfinch; hen Sikhim 
Siskin . 
Bronze -necked Doves have nested three times — the fir.st 
pair of young left the nest in very wet and cold weather, soon 
succumbing to a chill; one only was saved from the second 
nest, but they are feeding another ])air of squabs, wliich look 
like being successfully reared. Half-masked Weavers {Huphan- 
tontis vUellbius) have young, but the Crimson -crowned 
have so far made no attempt to build. This may be 
due to the cock Half-masked, who in his spare moments from 
building, chases them from pillar to post. The Golden Weavers 
{Siiagra yalJndu) have just completed a nest, and the ben lias 
already taken possession, so I have hopes of breeding thi;s 
handsome species this season. 
So . 8 : Pairs each o f Cinnamon Teal ; Diamond Doves ; Sul - 
phury Seed-eaters, Black Seed-finches ; Indian Larks ; Bearded Tits ; 
Cordon Bleus ; Grey, and Orange -cheeked W'axbills, also 2 pairs each 
Dwarf and Red-headed Weavers. 
Here the Black Seed -finches and the Sulphury Seed- 
eaters have successfully reared one young bird each; the first - 
named is the fii'st time that Melopyrrha nigra has been reared 
in captivity in the British Isles, but their story is to appear as 
a separate article. Both pairs are now feeding their second 
broods. Diamond Doves have only fully reared one youngster. 
Zebra Finches have young in the 'p.ost, and Cordon Bleus are in- 
cubating. The young Dwarf \A'eavers have repaired the nest 
in which they came into being and are now sitting. The 
Red -headed Weavers have, so far, done nothing. 
'So 9 : I'airs each of Ringed Teal ; Cuban Colius ; Aurita Doves ; 
Erovn -eared Conures ; Abyssinian Weavers ; Variegated Laughing 
Thrushes, uotk Himalayan Greenfinch and hen Goldfinch. 
