The Aviaries at " HamiJdean" — Ipsioich." 67 
Attached to this flight is an innei- house (shelter) some 
18ft. long hy 8ft. wide and 7?;ft. high; which is furnished 
with numerous branches of dead evergreens, etc., for the 
birds to roost and nest in. It has a concrete floor. 
Tlie varied occupants are all of the more or less common 
(freely imported) species. Breeding results have not been 
very great, still there have lieen a fair number of young 
birds, the results are as under — 
Red-crested Cardinals (Pamaria citciillala): A i)air 
of this species were transferred fi'om one of the smaller wired - 
in places about the beginning of .Tune. They were not "long 
in starting operations, choosing for their nesting site a forked 
branch of a small acacia tree. Quite a large nest was built, 
which with a little human aid was made a perfectly secure 
structure. Three eggs, formed the clutch, which were rather 
long and pointed, of a dull greenish -grey, spotted and mottled 
with a darker shade, especially at the larger end. The eggs 
from this hen were considerably larger than those of the hen 
whose nesting episodes were recorded in "Bird Notes," 1911, 
p. 147; the cock being the same bird that was successful in 
that year. Ail three eggs hatched out, and the young left the 
nest about the fourteenth day, and were fed almost exclusively 
on mealworms, ants' eggs, and green caterpillars. They are 
now full gi'own and quite indejxMulent of their parents. They 
eat a large quantity of fruit, being especially fond of pears. 
Senegal Turtle-Doves (Turiur sonegaJensis) . These 
have had four nests, and six- young birds have been fully 
reared. 
English Turtle-Doves {Turfitr furfur). These nested 
twice, three young birds lieing successfully reared. 
White Java Doves (Tiirfiir ri.soriit.s v. alhiis). I keep 
these mostly as foster-parents for the I'caring of rarer species 
(I find them excellent foster-pai'ents), but they had very little 
to do in 1913 in the way of rearing foreigners. They i-eared 
four young birds of their own; numei-ous clutches of eggs were 
laid most of which were removed. 
Zebra Doves (Geopelia sfriata). This species made 
no attempt to nest although in perfect condition, and apparently 
a true pair. [Similar lack of results are reported from many 
aviaries. — Ed.]. 
Rufous-winged Doves {Chahopelia afra). Also a fail- 
