The Sefrso//'s Rrsr///s. 
They next proceeded lo line ii wiih li<_;ht fln\ cut into short 
lengths, and I L;ot my man to i limb on th<- lop lo sec what 
i: looked like -he said tli;' inside was h;\-mtifnllv shape;!, 
just like a piece of hollowed -out wood. The cock simply 
flew about with the hen. hut did not assist in nest construction 
in any way. thouLjh he was very attentive and would feed 
her wher she would allow him. She then bes^an sitting in 
the nest but inspec tion proved that mv hopes were not yet 
realised. I was afraid of cats and rain, so got my man to 
fis. a square of glass over the- nest when he went u]). It was 
impossible lo climb up often, so wc waited a week and then 
inspection revcah'd that the nest was much deeper, not so 
easy to look into, that it contained two or more eggs, and 
that the hen was sitting closely. She was completely hidden 
from \iew except for her tail. The cock did not assist in 
incubation at all. but he was very attentive to the hen, often 
going to feed her and kee])ing near h:^r. When ohe 
came off morning and evening, she used to "go" 
for him if he did not feed her at once. 'Ihey botli 
now became very tame and the cock used to fly over directly 
the door was opened for any tit-bit t!iat was offered, barely 
giving one time to get inside. He would take any fresh 
greenfood from the hand. He also took some ants' "eggs"'' 
at this time and I also saw him catch some small flies, but 
generally they took more privet-buds than anything else, though 
nothing in the shape of greenfood seemed unpopular. The 
hen continued to closely incubate the eggs, and, as far as I 
could see, hatched out and fed for about four days ; then on 
the fifth day she came off and did not go back, so I got up 
and had a look — in the nest lay one egg, which contained a 
dead chick, but tliere was no trace of the young ones. The 
egg was rather large, but similar to that of the English Bull- 
finch, though paler in colour. 
They made no further attempt to nest. Shortly after^ 
wards both went into the moult, which they have now (Oct. 
7), just about completed, and I am very pleased to say that 
the cock might now be almost called a Red-headed Bullfinch. 
His head and neck arc now a golden-orange colour, which 
in some lights looks quite red ; his breast has also the same 
