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Notes on the Cape White- eye. 
when seemingly in rude health. The White-eyes are still ap- 
parently in the best of form. I say this with some hesita- 
tion, however, knowing how dangerous it is to boast about 
the health of any of my small family. 
It is a pretty sight to see these little people searching 
the shrubs and every corner of the aviary for insects, occa- 
sionally making a dash into the air, when a crack oL' the 
beak intimates an attempt, at least, to capture some attractive 
winged morsel. 
Every motion of their wee bodies is so full of grace 
and charm that I was quite prepared to squander many more 
plates, had I had leisure to do so, in trying to show some of 
their characteristic attitudes. 
Thi?; morning the cock was singing delightfully while 
hunting for breakfast, flitting about the wires and prying into 
evcrj nook and crevice, his subdued little warble, which one 
might imagine was being uttered for his own delight alone, 
being almost di'owned by the varied conli-ihutions oT olhei 
more lusty songsters. 
No signs of a desire to breed have as yet manifested 
themselves. 
♦ 
The Breeding of the Bearded Tit. 
( Panurns biarmicns). 
By Dr. L. Lovell-Keays, F.Z.K. 
I do not think it ever occurred to me that I should, in 
July, 1915, be writing an article under the above heading. 
The event seemed so improbable, so remote, as to be almost 
impossible. But the apparently impossible has happened and 
now I take pen in hand, and with the utmost ditfidencei write 
the history of what, I believe, will ever be my greatest 
achievement in aviculture. And yet it has all happened so 
naturally, and withal, so easily, that I begin to wonder whether 
it is true, and if true, why these charming birds have never 
been bied before? Why should I succeed, why have I suc- 
ceeded where others with far moi'e expezience, more knowledge, 
more skill, more patience, and more time, in fact more quali- 
fications in every way, have failed? I ask myself the question 
a hundred times a day, and other people when I get the 
