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Briiish Birds : 
tlie fledgelings' food. From the first these two young ones 
appeared to be far more robust than those of the previous brood ; 
they progressed rapidly and left the nest on July 26th, and from 
this time ripe banana and soft food was liberally given to them 
by their parents. 
On August I2th, I saw both young ones eating soft food 
and banana, but they were still being fed by their parents until I 
caged them on August 29th. 
On July 31st the old birds commenced to incubate in a 
third nest and sat for the full period, but this clutch of three eggs 
proved to be infertile. The male sang continuously, but, with 
less frequency after the young were hatched. 
Diawn from life hy H. Goodchild. 
ROSY PASTORS, 
Rosy Pastor (Pastor rosaisj : On August ist, a Rosy 
Pastor haunted the vicinity of my aviary, the attraction being 
some late cherries of which he ate an incredible quantity. I 
