iSa The Nesting of Grey-winged Ouzeh. 
The records of these pairs are as follows : — 
Mr. Astley's : Built and laid a full clutch but did not hatch out. 
Mr. Page's: After two abortive attempts two young were suc- 
cessfully reared, the first of this species to be 
reared in this country. 
Zoological Society's: After one failure, two young successfully 
reared, almost simultaneously with the above. 
When niy pair arrived they were much travel worn, but 
soon looked up, and after the autumn moult were m faultless 
condition. 
As earl}' as February of this year niy hopes were raised 
very high, for the male began to drive the female about, giving 
lier no peace till she condescended to seek a nesting-site {vide 
p. 52 current Vol.'), this went on for some little time and I began 
to fear that in my mixed series and moderate accommodation 
they had no scope and that it was almost hopeless my looking 
for success, and for a lime I contemplated sending them to one 
of my friends with better aviary accommodation ; however, I 
determined to have a try as I wished them to nest under my own 
observation if possible. Early in March I ol)served the hen 
carrying bents and mud, and a little later found a typical nest, 
fully six inches deep, about nine inches diameter, with a de- 
pression of about two inches. Of this nest I shall simply say it 
was very solid, constructed on the top of a nest box inider the 
shed, and to-day, after the period of nearly five months it is 
almost perfect and like a block of hard cement, in fact would 
need a hammer to smash it. Perfect as it was and excellent as 
its position seemed to me, it was never used. I note the follow- 
ing in connection therewith:— 
The hen alone collected the building material. 
The hen alone did the building. 
The nest constructed under such adverse conditions was 
a typical one. 
The male ceased to drive the hen about as soon as building 
was commenced, guarding her carefully while she was collecting 
material, suffering no bird to impede her movements. 
While I was wondering how it was eggs were so long in 
appearing, for the birds were pairing frequently, I noticed the 
