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parents seem to take no interest, vvitli the result that the odour 
that emanates therefrom is sufficient to make the inhabitants 
of Cologne green with envy ! 
Finally, let me mention the very curious and beautiful 
Indian Vxti^^Pitla brachyura) — an aberrant passerine bird having 
the body of a Quail and decked in tlie colours of the rainbow. 
The natives call it the naiirmig, which, being translated, means 
the " nine colours." It is a shy bird, not likely to be seen unless 
looked for. It inhabits brushwood. It seeks its food on the 
ground, never venturing far from cover, to which it flies the 
moment it catches sight of a human being. It is said to emit a 
cheery whistle in the early morning, but I have never heard this, 
not having hitherto had the good fortune to occupy a bungalow 
very close to the haunts of this species. 
As I have dealt with a series of luirelated species in this 
chapter I have not appended a bibliography. All the works 
previously mentioned deal with at least one of the above species, 
most of them describe them all. 
nDiscclIaneous IRotes (1908) from tbe 
15a Uv? waiter park Hviaries. 
By Lady Dunleath. 
The past season has been a very bad one for the rearing of 
young in my aviaries, though nests have been quite numerous. 
Quite early in the summer I found eleven or twelve nests 
which had been built by Canaries in bushes and ferns, these were 
all strongly and beautifully constructed nests. Only two or 
three were reared ; the parents proving all bad feeders, the cocks 
apparently paid no attention to the young whatever and the hens 
fed but slightly, yet sat close, even after all the young were dead. 
Perhaps some member can suggest some remedy for this. * 
The Cordon Bleus {Esirilda phcejiicotis) have nested and 
fully reared a healthy and vigorous brood. 
• Canaries as a rule are most prolific when kept in cages ; in the majority of instances 
when kept together in numbers, in either in- or out-door aviaries, rearing results are but 
small.— Ed. 
