'.)()[] Nesting of Dwarf and Ahijstiinian Weavers. 
Two eggs were laid and incubation conimeHt'ed on July 
2nd. The opening into the nest was so small that I found 
it impossible to get two fingers in to extract an egg for 
examination. On .July 14th I found there were young in the 
nest. Both l>ii'ds now became extremely tame, and would 
follow me round the aviary for mealworms. I could not see 
that the hen, who alone fed them for the first ten days, broke 
up the mealworms, but this she may have done in the nest itself. 
The young flew on the last day of the month, and the male 
parent now began to take his share in the upbringing of his 
progeny. It is possible that he might have been doing so 
earlier, but although I frequently saw him with a mealworm in 
his beak, in the vicinity of the nest, / never once smv him 
enter or leave it. 
On the 12tli of August I noticed both parents driving 
their young ones, so 1 examined the nest and found the hen 
had again laid two eggs; these I extracted by cutting open the 
back of the nest. The eggs were large for the size of the 
bird and pure white. 
The nestling plumage was gi'cy, with the (ixccption of 
the breast, which was white; but for their shorter and thicker 
beaks they could easily have been mistaken for Willow Wrens. 
In the aviary with these birds are Waxbills and simi- 
lar small fry, and the Weavers have proved quite inoffensive 
and may safely be trusted in such (company. 
At the time of writing (August 21st) they have again 
gone to nest, and are incubating a clutch of two eggs in a 
nest suspended from the roof of the aviary. [We do not think 
this species has been previously reared in captivity.— Ed.]. 
Abyssinian Weaver {Hyphantornis ab;/ssiniciis). In 
an adjoining aviary are two oocks and one hen of this .species, 
also odd oocks of Rufous -necked {H. cucullatus) and Black- 
headed {H. melanocephalus) . The Abyssinian and Rufou.s- 
necked had built many nests, but I had not noticed the hen 
take any interest in any of them. To my surprise one morn- 
ing early in July, I saw egg-shells beneath one of the Aby.s- 
sinian's nest, and on examination found it contained a young 
bird, two or three days old, and two eggs, the latter I ex- 
tracted with much difficulty— they were oval in shape, white 
in colour, and very finely .speckled with pink spots. 
