Correspondence. 
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1 n(. onnc scattered some seed about the aviary door and inside, and very soon 
thej' went in. I quickly closed the door and very soon had them shut in the 
inner flight and the outer door open again, while I began to feel a wee 
bit nior( cheerful. The next to arrive (now pouring with rain) was a 
L;i\'cndei Finch, and the above process was repeated with success, and 
a siniila; result attended the return o£ a pair of Grey Waxbills. Hy 
this time, though nearly wet through, I was feeling th'cidedly more 
(hierful and wondering at the intelligence of these wee mites, as I had 
sci'u tluni, when making enquiries, some three or four hundred yar.ls 
away from the aviary. 
I at last listened to the entreaties of my wife and went in tn 
dinner, but b(>forr I had commenced I saw from the dining-room 
\vind(jv that the Orange-cheeked ^Vaxhill.s were in the garden again, so, 
of couisc. I had to go out and hold myself in readiness to close the 
a\ia7\ door, which I was soon able to do, I am pleased to say. 
There were now still at large four Zebra Finches, two Bengalese, 
and a pair of Tri- coloured Nuns ; towards the end of the afternoon [ 
(■Lsrived the last-named hovering round the aviary, but they =eemed 
uii;i1p1c to find ti e entrance, and after a time they were carried away 
by the wind again and I saw nothing more of any of the birds that day. 
Next morning, while I sat at breakfast, the Nuns again ap- 
peared on the top of the aviary, much to my surprise, as T thought 
after a night in the open with nothing to eat they would probably have 
met theii fate ; after a time they went into the aviary and were soon 
viijoying :i hearty meal. I wa.« away all day, but understand that, none 
of the others put in an appearance, so must mourn thcin a-; lost for ever, 
to me, I suppose. 
Of the sixteen birds that escaped ten have returned of their 
own free will, none of whom seem any the worse for their experiencii. 
1 wonder if anj' other members have had similar mishaps and 
with wha' result. 
H. P. GLOYNS. 
Hampton Wick . 
ll-ii.-'14. 
♦ 
Post Mortem Reports. 
Viile linlex (Spe Ptiije iii of dorer.) 
Dead Birds l ou Post Mortem Examixati )N Rb . eived ni iiiNO TiTiJ 
Month are Eeporteu rroN in the Polt.owinc; Xssur op 
"Bird Notes." 
DiAMoxD Dove. (W. E. Toschemaker, Teignmouth, Devon). 
The cause of death was pneumonia, which commonly arises during tr-nisit. 
The remains were in a very good condition but the crop diil not I'luitain 
any food. 
