Nesting of Dwarf Groiind Dove, etc. 189 
are lighter in hue and have no grey on their head ; they also lacic 
the blue beak markings of the adults. Wliile in the nest they 
were not brooded at all by day, and I am not at all sure they 
were at niglit ; they may have been brooded at night, but such 
did not come under observation. The quantity of live food is 
being gradually reduced and will soon reach the normal quantity. 
They are fine, attractive and very robust young birds, very 
vivacious, flitting to and fro almost continuously, in fact are 
every whit as quick on the wing as their parents ; who are very 
fond and also, apparently, very proud of their progeny. 
ZIbe IRcstino of tbc 2)waif (BrounD 2)ove, 
tbe Cinnanioii ZTrce^Sparrow anD 
lPel3eIn'5 Saffron fincb. 
By W. E. Teschemaker, B.A. 
I recently received from our Editor a stern reminder that, 
whereas I had duly received F.B.C. Certificates last season for 
four species, I had only written an account ot the nesting of one 
species, the Cirl Bunting. In vain did I plead that I had written 
more than enough lately for Bird Notes, and that what we wanted 
was new contributors and more varied subjects. To all my 
arguments I received only one answer namely that our Rules, 
inflexible as the laws of the Medes and Persians, enjoined that 
an account must be written when a Certificate is granted and 
that the Rules must be obeyed. 
Let me then, as briefly'" as may be, recall tlie chief facts I 
noted in connection with the above three species, all of which 
have nov/ passed into other hands and some, alas !, into the land 
of shadows. 
One of the drawbacks of aviculture is the partings ! We 
begin to lake an interest in a species, we watch its courtship and 
incubation, we join in the hopes and anxieties of the old l)irds, 
we work hard in conjunction with tliem in rearing the young, we 
become the best of friends, we triumph and then — off" they go to 
* I am sure most will regret with me, that brevity has been carried to tlie 
length of excluding incubation and fledgeling data. Kd. 
