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Book Notices and Revieios. 
We can confidently recommend this interesting booklet to our 
readers, it should be on the book shelves of all who are interested in 
Waterfowl, both as to their wild life and in captivity. 
This also only came to hand as we were going to press, and we shall 
refer to same in our next issue. 
Editorial. 
Nesting Notes, it is almost too early yet, to tabulate, es- 
pecially as many like myself do not supply nesting material till April 
is well advanced, but some species usually manage to iind enough to 
construct some sort of a nest aiul one or two, so that tlie following ad- 
vance notes will prove of some interest. I should say most of the 
following are extracts from private correspondence. 
Tri-coloured Parrot Finches (Eri/t/inmi frirhnx/). 
Our esteemed menil)er, W. R. Temple, has six young of tliis species 
flying about in his aviary, all as large as their parents ; the last one 
leaving the nest on April Sth. The parent Ijirds (two pairs) were 
placed in an aviary, about 12ft. by 10ft.. the middle of February. 
The aviary was kept an even night and day temperature of 50 to 60 
deg. F. Nesting operations were commenced at once, then finding the 
two pairs would not agree, I removed one pair and put them with the 
common Parrot Finches (E. ps'dtucea). The pair left alone at once 
started to lay and six strong young birds were succes.-^fully reared and 
all on the wing on April 8th On April 12th the hen started laying 
her second clutch, but after laying two eggs went into heavy moult 
and the eggs were placed under Bengalese. A brood of five or six 
common Parrot Finches -ere hatched on April 16th. 
Mr. Willf Ord'S Aviaries : Here numerous Grassfinches, 
etc., are sitting, also Tri-coloured Parrot, Painted and Cuban Finches, 
and three fertile eggs of the Ruddy-shouldered Cowbird (A. Immeralis) 
have been placed in a Hedge Sparrow's nest and are being steadily 
incubated. Diamond and Passerine Doves have each a pair of squabs 
(see also under British Birds). 
Grey-winged Ouzels : These are busily engaged in building 
opeiations in my aviary, throe pai tly finislicd nests have been already 
constructed and they are now busily engaged on a fourth, which I 
take from past experience will l)e the receptacle of a clutch of eggs in 
the cdurse of the next few days. 
RheaS : Our esteemed member, Mrs. E. Warren-Vernon 
informs me that her pair (jf Rheas are booming and that she expects 
nesting operations to counnence shortly. 
