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Tlic Biccdiiuy of the Taha Weaver. 
larger than those of a Napoleon Weaver that laid at the same 
time. On the 30th both younj^- were hatched, and they were 
fed from the start on mealworms which the hen had lirst 
sv allowed. After a few days wasps' grubs and bread an i 
milk were also taken by the hen, and, I have no doubl that 
she also visited the seed-|ian. The cock took no part ni 
the rearing of his progeny, but was careful to keep all other 
biixh away from the vicinity of the nest. On August 7th ;he 
Young Taha Weavers in Nest. Plmlo by \V . Slice Baity. 
little ones eyes were open and they were beginning to feather. 
On the 13th they left the nest. Both birds were, like the 
