m Th6 Rearing of Bulbul Hybrids. 
Eulbuls into this and I was surprised to find they had got 
on so well, being able to fly quite strongly, easily reaching 
the top perches, upon which the three young and their proud 
parents have settled for the night. 
The young are very quaint little creatures, and chatter 
a lot, particularly the largest of the trio; two of them have 
at present rather larger crests than the other one. When 
a week old all three had a bald spot on the head, now all are 
well feathered, with crests resembling that of their male 
parent, which they raise when chattering. So far they have 
the brownish colour of the hen on the back; their crests are 
blackish; chests dark grey-black in the same form as the 
black chest of the male parent; remainder of underparts 
almost white, but showing a tinge of yellowish pink on the 
ventral region. At present the cheeks are not feathered, 
but I will keep them under close observation and send later 
further plumage details. 
They have been reared mostly on insects, but the 
parents have had access to orange and insectile mixture 
(live food is likely to be an anxiety in the near future, as 
mealworms are practically unobtainable. I supplied such 
earwigs, spiders, etc., as the garden produced, and of these 
the Bulbuls were very fond and came to the wires foi' them; 
suet-fat was also eaten; I also gave live ants some days and 
when tlie winged ants were out in swarms I gathered them 
up and the Bulbuls made short work of them. The little 
Bulbuls all look fat and jolly so I do not grudge any trouble 
incurred in their upbringing. 
Previous to the young leaving the nest, when I entered 
the aviary the hen came off for mealworms and I had a look 
at her brood, which she did not seem to mind. kSIu' did not 
brood then much during the day, but always covered them 
at nigl],t— none of the other birds interfered with the nest, 
probably too busy with their own, as the Red -rumps and 
both pairs of Black-cheeked Lovebirds were nesting. 
[We think this is the first time this cross lias been 
reared in Great Britain.— Ed.]. 
