2C4 Birds In and About the Station. 
being cut rather high in the waist and partly eoncealing the 
lower part of tlie shirt. The hen is l>rown above and whitish 
buff below. Length about 4..'") inches. As a matter of fact 
there is white in the tail as in the last species and the rest 
of the tail is black edged with blue, and the wings are brown 
edged with blue, but the general look of the cock is as above. 
It breeds from 6000 to 9,000 (and probably higher) 
in May and June, building in a hole or crevice of a tree, 
laying 4 to 5 pale green eggs covered with reddish niarivs. 
The young soon attain adult plumage. I found one nest 
about six feet down a small hollow tree about fifteen feet 
high. The old birds went in at the top and, in spite of the 
tree being fairly well covered with ivy, I 'sluaild have thought 
the nest would have got very wet. The brood was brought 
off all right. 
I have kept several other species of Cyornis, includ- 
ing the fascinating Little Pied Flycatcher and found them ao 
Avell in captivity, at any rate in a cage. 
To be continued. 
♦ 
Breeding of the Sulphury Seed-Eaters. 
( Seri)iiis sulplmratits). 
By Wm. Shorpj Baily. 
Towards the end of May my hen Sulphury Seed-eater 
was seen carrying nesting material. For two or three days 
she did her best to construct a ne-;t between the wire-neiting 
of the aviary and a piece of larch (used as a perch), but 
was unsuccessful. 
At last a more suitable site was chosen, and in one 
day she constructed a rather untidy cup-shaped nesT, principally 
of roots and twigs, lining it with white goat's hair. The 
cock took no part in the construction, save that of aa interested 
observer. 
On May 30th the nest contained foui' pear-shaped eggs, 
of a greenish- white colour, without any markings whatever. 
The hen alone incul>ate(i, being fed by tlie cock on the nest. 
Incubation lasteil fourteen days, and on June i;Jth two chicks 
were hatched. Thirteen days later they left the nest, having 
apparently, been reared on seed alone. They were very 
