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" sideways-' in cral) -posit ion ; iookiiij^: more like insects than 
"birds. Indeed, what I once read of them is (i[uite true: 
"'Sitting, they are hii'ds; Hying they are inserts.'" 
So far, the wiiter of the a1)()ve lias found the Hum- 
mers fully as rof)ust as, if not more so, than the African 
Sunbirds, and up to the present (about 7 weeks) they are doing 
well, and are better in evei-y way than when [jrought ashore. 
Nksti.\(; Notes: Onee more we are, praetieally in the 
midsl of another season, with hope and expectation running' 
high -to what extent will it lie realised ? ? The very 
uncertainty, ii'ritating thougii it proves at times, constitutes 
one of the greatest charms of aviculture. We talk glibly 
of luck at times, and hope it will come our way; of course 
it ail depends in what sense we use the word, but the avi- 
culturi.'.t who waits for luck, will, I guess, a few years hence 
be wailing slill! While the one who plans as if Iticl' did 
not exist, and seconds what luck, in the shape of favourable 
weather, etc., comes his way by intelligent co-operation, will, 
though he may pass through many disappointing experienc^.s 
certainly achieve ultimate success in the sought for channel. 
Things are already beginning to move, as the fol- 
lowing brief notes from various members will indicate: 
Mr. R. Suggitt. 
Young Grey -winged Ouzels and Eed Ground 
Doves. 
Building. — Guans. 
Mk. H. Bright. 
B?n/dw5r.— Himalayan Greenfinches and Pink -browed 
Rosefinches, also Grassflnches, and Euler's 
Finches. 
/«c»6«/m5r.— Australian Crested Coves, and Melba 
Finches; as regards the latter he relates quite 
an intei'esting episode as follows : — 
" A curious instancp of what birds will do when they want !,o 
"breed has just occurred in my bird-room. There is no nestinij 
niaterial of any sort left about so as to discourage, as far as pos- 
■'siblc. egg laying during cold weather; but, the Melba Finches have 
" used two pieces of sandstone on the floor, the edges of which formed 
" a kind of domed cavity, as a nesting site, and have deposited three 
"eggs on the floor, which they arc closely incubating. The nest con- 
" gists literally of three or four small feathers and the rest saml and 
