.'502 Breeding HesiiKs at Purl; Lodge Aviaries, 
days, accoiiding to tlic entries in my diary. The young, which 
are very like young thrushes when first hatched and covered 
with a very little down, are reared entirely on live-food. I 
do not believe that any seed is given at all, nor do they take 
any .seed until long after they have left the nest. Unless 
one is prepared to supply an unlimited number of meal- 
worms, or systematically go and feed the parents every two 
hours with some sort of live-food, one must be prepared for 
failure. 
The young grow as rapidly as the provision of meal- 
Vouiifj \'irginian Cardinal. — Just out of Xest. I'liolo M. O. Page 
wormi allow, and lea\'e tlic nest on the twelfth day. They 
arc then quaint little creatures, rusty-brown in colour, with 
