7t) Tlie Breeding of Green Cardinals. 
I fear I cannot snhstantiate the Ijooks, which say that full colour 
is not attained for three years, but I rather think these two par- 
ticuhn' liirds will In- as bright as their father by the eml of the 
siininii'i'. as 1 had rci'ently noticed a ra|)i<l increase of briyht yel- 
low on tlic winus. 
liotli birds turned out to be eocU's, and I llnnk were a tritie 
larger than cither ol' tlie pai-ents. 
nieihod ol' su|i|)lyin,L; insei-ts dnrini; I he early stayes was 
to .yive about "it) meal worms, together with other insects, about 
ti\e linu's dail\'. and a.yain al'ter darlc for the earl\' nn)rninH' feed. 
As far as ( 'ardinals are concerneil. I tln'nk Ihe ai)ove «oes 
to pi'"^ 'bal mealworms are nol only a safe, but a \rvy useful 
fooil for the rearing; ol' yonn.u birds. 
DiAMOXD SparRONVS did not trouble to build a nest and 
the en.us therefore l;oI broken ai^ainst the bottom of the nest box. 
.NfASKKi) KiNcitios on the othei' haml so enjoyed nest 
buildinu that lhe\ did nol sit ions enough to hatch their e^gn. 
Blur-1')REASTRD Waxbtlls l)uilt and sat but laid no 
eyys : at the ])resent jnoment ]u)wever (February 22nd) they are 
sittin.y on three fertile e.y.us. 
Parrot Fixchks built and laid, — eK.ys all clear. 
CrTTtfROATS liad the same result. 
Of niv other birds that nested and laid : — • 
SriuOPtlAX lJULLPTXCHES : Laid four e^ys in a canary 
ca.ueand sat steadily, the lieu however died the tenth day, I traus- 
fei-red the ey'ys, which were quite cold, to a CUTTHROAT, who 
hatched out the youn.y but did iM)t feed. 
My friend Mr. Temple ^ave me a hen Lancashire Canary 
on May I'jth, which I introduced to a Siberian CToldhnch ; on the 
17th and three succeedinj; days f oui' e,«HS were laid three of which 
were fertile. 
The (loldtinch had nevej" seen a Canary before, which 
goes to pi'ove that a lon.y acquaintance is not always necessary in 
Mule breeding, two days being sufficient on this occasion. 
GOULDIAN FIXCHES : I will conchule these lines with 
some rather depressing notes on this beautiful but disappointing 
species. I started the season with one adult hen and two cocks, 
also three young Knglish-bred birds of 19()S. Two of the latter 
turned out to be hens and attained full i)lumage and colour at the 
age of ID — 1 1 months, third |irnvei| to be a cock of the red-headed 
