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orange shade, but is much less iiUeiise lhan the head. The 
clians^e in ihe lien is \-ery slight, and they take \'ery little 
nolie( ol each othc;r now 
( ; I'M- K.\ 1., As regards the other birds, though they 
did noi succeed in rearing anything, many goo:l attempts were 
maile; J.avender, f,)uail, Parrot, and Melba 1* inches; \'el- 
U)\v-runn)ed and Tncolou! Alaimikins ; Siberian Ikill tinches, 
etc. all nested, laid, and mostly hatched out, but did not rear, 
Vnung of Bicheno's and Ruficauda Finches wer.- drowned dur- 
ing htax'V thunder rains. 
Indigo Jkmtings [C yaiwspiza cyaiica) built two ncsta 
and deposited clutches In each, but failed to hatch out. 
I'iicated Fniches {Cory/j/iospi//gus pilcatiis) nested 
and hatched out, but failed to rear. 
Mair-cresied iiuntings [Aleloplius inelanicterus) nested 
but did not lay. 
Masked Dm cs ( Ociia capciisis] : Besides rearing the 
two gi\'cu in list, they nested twice afterwards, hatchnig out 
one \ o.mg one ea h time, but though both lived to be fully fledged 
and one left the nest, neither reached the stage of' fending 
for themselves. The two young which were successfully reared 
are now slowly passing through the moult. 
Peaceful Doves {Qt'Opc'lia trarujuilla) : Phcse nested 
several times and reared several young, which always die on 
leaving the nest. 
My Aurora P inch {Pytelia plioenicoptera) has Decomc 
almost \vhite or greyish-white. The flights are almost quite 
white, and the tail is partly white and red, 
Eulcr's Pinches, Desert Trumpeter Bullflnches, and 
Vellow-throated Sparrows have not made any attempt to nest 
with me this year. 
lite most pleasing features of the svason iur>e been the 
Grassflnches, with comparatively late nests. 
