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1 Chcny Finch [Aidcmosync modes/a). 
3 Diamond Sparrows {Strgaiioplciii a gii/tota). 
6 Cuban Finches {Phonipaia cauora). 
2 !\I:iskc(l Doves {Ocna cnpeiisis). 
3 Di.uiuiiul Doves {Gcoprlia ciinrala). 
3 Red IMounl.iin Doves (Ocoli yr;on /non/diin). 
4 Vide Doves {Lc ptoptilii jaiuaiccnsh) . 
2 lirush Bi onze-winp; Dn\cs (f'/iap^ c/cf^ans). 
3 Bil) Fiiieli (Spri-/!icsl(S nana' x lironze-winp: Mnnni]<in ("S. ciiciil/afa). 
Oranc^f.-hfaded Bullfimhfs {Pyrrhtila crvfhrocc- 
pliala). . I put this pair out in May, and they roinnK'nced nest-' 
buildiiiL; almost immediately, choosing as n site the stout l)raneh 
of an a]i]5h' tree growino- againsl tlic hack wall. Here they 
deposited some coarse twigs and later added rootlets, but 
pulled il to pieces several times and certainly did not appear 
very keer- about il, for they .gradually took less interest in 
it, though ihey i;s:cl lo gc and sit near the place. The nest 
was about four feet from the ground and was never lined 
or completed. 
The cock then moulted a few feathers over the beak 
and head, and I was very interested to see whether they 
would be the same greenish-yellow colour as before or more 
orange; the feathers came again just as before, but he seemed 
in much better form and began to sing to the hen, who np 
to now had made all the music. 
This went on for some weeks; then one evening I .saw 
the hen having a furious tussle with a rather stout apple 
twig, which she eventually managed to break off, carrying it 
to the top of a tall privet bush followed by the cock, both 
making a great fuss. She left it there, though it nearly 
fell down, and went for another piece, which after a lot of 
trouble she secured and deposited in the same place as the 
first. .She then looked about for some more convenient ma- 
terial, being followed everywhere by the cock, who did not 
assis: in any other way. That evening she constructed a 
rough foundation at the top of the privet in the most ex- 
posed place in the aviary, and close to the top wire-netting. 
By next morning they had added a quantity of finer material 
(lootlcLs of different kinds, which I had provided) and the iien 
was sitting in the rough nest, shaping it round to her liking. 
