98 N^ofes 071 Bifds of Cape Colojiy. 
These notes have become more extensive than I anticipated, 
and I must merely mention in passing one or two of the newer 
arrivals, leaving description, etc. till some future issue — one 
exception must however he made in the case of 
The Green Hangnest {Octhiops viridis). This interesting 
and unique specimen (new to tlie collection) is immature, its size 
is about that of a moderate sized pigeon, l)ill over one inch long, 
pale 3'ellow in colour with a large patch of orange on the upper 
mandible ; the body plumage is mostly olive-green ; the upper 
and under tail-coverts and ventral region are dark bronzy-chest- 
nut ; tail feathers olive-green, with the exception of the outer 
ones, yellow and the central ones blackish ; area of blackish- 
brown skin round the eyes ; iris bright blue ; legs and feet blackish 
horn colour. Habitat: Venezuela. The bird is quite tame, allows 
itself to be handled by the keeper, and has the Starling character- 
istic of probing with his bill closed and then opening it out. It 
is located in the small Bird.s' House. 
1]4otc5 on of tTapc Coloiiv. 
By H. p:. Bliss. 
(Coitliiined from page 5S). 
In my aviary in Port Elizabeth the other birds that nested, 
or attempted to nest, besides the St. Helena Seedeaters were 
some Dufresne's and St. Helena Waxbills and Alario Finches. 
The Dufresne's Waxbills commenced building in June, but 
in was not until December that, feeling in the nest one day, I 
found it contained four or five eggs. The domed nest was 
built in a bunch of dry heather nailed rather low down in one 
corner of the aviary and was composed chiefly of lichen (in 
preference to moss which was also supplied) lined with soft grass 
and a few feathers. The eggs were hatched on the igth December, 
but several days later I noticed the birds had deserted the nest 
and I found the young birds had all disappeared ; whether mice 
were the culprits, or some of the larger birds in the aviary, I 
never discovered. These Waxbills moulted in January. 
The Alarios made several attempts to build during Sep- 
