Stanley and Alany-colour Parrahccfs. 287 
sulls). fiiTcnfnod i-< rpjjularly supplied. j^iriiK ipally dande- 
lion, but this I have already referred to under niy notes on 
the Stanleys. I also ^upjjly mealworms about tlir;'e times a 
week, sav about a dozen at a time, when they are feeding 
youni, but the .Many-eolour.s will not tout h them. 
In this war time to obviate waste of seed. I made 
myself a shallow wooden box with a [)erforated zinc bottom 
— the seed shaken ai)out in this L,'ets cleaned, and all husks 
come to ill.' tcjp and can be easily brushed off ; my poultry 
get the husks so nolhin^; is wasted. 
1 have had scarcely any results frona my small birds 
this year. 
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Hybrid Buntings. (Cyanospiza cyanea X C. ciris). 
]>v B. C. Thomasset. 
For two years a ( ouple of hen Nonpareil Buntings 
ha\e lived in one compartment of my aviary, while a cock In- 
digo Bunting was in the adjoining division. 
This spring I noticed that the Indigo was making ad- 
vances to the brighter of the Nonpareils, which up to that time 
I had hoped was a young cock. xA.cc:ordingly 1 mo\ed her 
to his compartment. Very soon the birds paired, and the Non- 
pared began to collect nesting material. The Indigo Bunt- 
ing, which had cdways been a most inoft'ensive bird, now be- 
came very spiteful ; constantly chasing and fighting with a 
pair of Grasshnches. 
After a time the desire to nest seemed to pass and I quite 
gave up hopes of rearing any hybrids. However, about the 
1st oi July the Nonpareil again began nest building, this time 
in earnest. She Cjuickly completed an open nest of twigs, 
coarse grass and wool. It was placed on a fiat pine branch 
in the shelter shed in quite an open position. Just above 
it was a Diamond Dove's nest. 
Three eggs were laid, of a whitish colour, heavily mot- 
tled at the larger end with brown. The bird appeared to 
begin to sit from the tune the first egg was laid. On July 
17th there was one young bird in 'h^ nest, and on the follow- 
ing day there was a second. The other egg was iuiertile. 
