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The Bearing of Bulbnl Hybrids. 
larger bird than the European variety. It looked very hand- 
some when on the wing, its .;low and steady wing beats 
giving one the idea of great power. We found that the trees 
were surrounding a circular well about 20 feet in diameter, 
and of the same depth. Other birds noticed were some n round 
Doves (Chamaepelia passciina) and a large Chicken Hawk 
{Buleo horealis calurus). Both these birds are found every- 
where on the prairies. After watering the horse we set out 
again, the mouth of the pass being now plainly visible. 
{To be continued). 
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The Rearing of Bulbul Hybrids. 
By Miss Alfred a B. Smyth. 
AI; the Editor's request I am writing an account of 
the rearing of Bulbul hybrids in my aviary. 
The male parent was a Red-vented Bullml {rycnonoins 
hacmorrhous) and the female a Red-eared Bulbul (Otocompsa 
jocosa). The cock bird came to me, ex Gamage, in the autumn 
of 1912; the hen has been with me since 1911, and previous 
to that she had had two years of out-door aviary-life. 
In 1913 they occupied a cage with many other birds, 
Init in .spite of this disadvantage they nested, and laid two 
clutche;> of fertile egg.s, which unfortunately, in each case, 
got broken before the period of incubation was complete— the 
hen sat very tight, not even leaving the nest while the cage 
was cleaned. The egns got brok(!ii owing to the Bulbuls' coinbativ- 
ness with the other occupants of the cage. 
This spring (1914) I put them out among many kinds 
of l)irds in my out -door aviary. The hen wanted to nest in 
March, but the interference of the Japanese Hawfinches pre- 
vented this, and the eggs were dropped and broken, as at 
that period the Hawfinches were nesting and very fierce. 
The Hawfinches hatched out one young bird, but it only lived 
three days. 
Early in June the BulbuLs started to nest again, but the 
episode recorded al>ove was repeated and in the encounters 
the hen Bulbul got hurt and was brought indoors for a night, 
and the next day was placed in a small enclosure built off 
the side of the aviary, and her mate allowed to go in to her. 
