The Rearing of Bulbul Hybrids. 
•m 
She dropped and broke two eggs, so I thought it a pity to 
keep them there, and put both birds into another aviary which 
contained: Red-rumped Parrakeets, Black -cheeked Lovebirds, 
and a pair of Virginian Cardinals; here they settled down 
and were soon quite at home. 
In late June they set about nesting again, their choice 
falling on a wire pot basket into which I had put some moss. 
On the top of this she made a nest of hair, grass, and' one or 
two leaves, all the materials she bad — the cup was very shallow. 
On July Si'd she laid an egg, and others on each of the two 
following days— her clutch has always been three— she had 
already laid two clutches this year, and I was agreeably sur- 
prised that she had produced a third. 
The eggs are pinkish -white, splashed, and lined with 
purple and reddish -brown. 
She sat very lightly for the first two days, coming off 
whenever anyone went near the aviary, but sat very steadily 
once the clutch was complete. I did not see the cock take 
any part in nest construction or incubation. Early in the 
morning of August 6th I found three chicks in the nest, but 
came away very quickly as they were evidently only just 
hatched, and I did not wish to disturb the hen. All seemed 
to go well, both parents fed fhe young, and after the first 
week they feathered fast. On August 20th one left the nest 
and would not return to it— all looked too small to come out, 
but there did not seem room in the nest for all three— however, 
I returned it to the nest and then the other two came out 
and none of them ever returned to it. There was much noise 
and excitement, the parents following their young about and 
seeming quite distressed, and I was feeling the same as I 
feared the young would either get drowned or the Parrakeets 
and Lovebirds break their legs or kill them, so as it appeared 
to me as the least of two evils I caged parents and young 
in a 20 inch box cage and left it in the aviary, with much 
fear and trembling, I confess, as I expected the parents to 
cease feeding under such disturbance and altered conditions. 
However^ I am glad to say the parents remained most devoted 
to their young ones. 
To-day, August 24th, I have completed another small 
aviary, only 7 x 2^- x -4^- feet high. I have transferred the 
