TJic First Tear of a fiiisf^rr Ariarif. 
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and doing well, the sexes in tliis case being equally divided. 
We noticed tliat the parents laid eggs while the first lirood 
were still in the nest. The elder ln-others remained tliei-c three 
weeks and emerged neai'ly self-supporting, leaving tlie parents 
free to attend to the rapidly following second l)rool. 
The Bib Finches laid many infertile eggs, only one 
young being hatched, which lived a day, and a second clutch 
of Cuban eggs was abandone 1, apj^arently, as too much trouble. 
Very early in August the Gouldian Finches became 
extremely keen on a ])askct-nest, chasing other birds away 
with great vigour. The cock danced before the hen with a 
great and passionate feivoui'. They lined the nest with hay — 
and there the story ends. Nothing more hai)pened. Tliis 
is the end of the breeding. It might have been better! It 
might have been worse! 
As regards diet we give our birds millet (spray and 
white), rape, and a little hemp in winter. Also we give them 
plenty of seeding grass and during the breeding season fre-;h 
and dried ants' eggs, insectile food, and a few mealworms. 
Besides which, they are able to find plenty of insects in 
the flight. 
Before we end we must put on record the great 
care and attention of one of our gardeners, E. P. Card, who 
has looked after our aviary with as much anxious thought 
and care as though it had been fili<Hl with Birds of Paradise 
and Kagus. 
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Birds of the Jhelum District and an Ornithol- 
ogical Diary from the Punjab. 
By 11. WuisTi.ER, I. P., M.B.O.U. 
Colli I'^nird from patjc 381. 
Augufl IG. — Visited a small and overgrown jheel where a pair of 
Sarus Cranes (Gnis ani '.gone) were supposed to be nesting ; 
as they had been seen frequenting a small island in the 
middle of it, whose base as also much of the jhe(d wa.^ 
covered with great clumps of Pampas grass. After wading 
about the shallower parts of the .jheel, I reached the island. 
Here my attention was first attracted by the agitation of 
an Ashy Wren -Warbler (Prinia socialis) which proved to 
have iledged young, one of which I caught and released 
