BrcctJhifi oj flic Jacarini Finch. 2 ! 7 
alniosl certiiiii regurgitated seed was given after tlie first I'l-w 
days. The young were strong and lliii\'iiig when a week old, 
their shrill notes demanding food could be heard at (juite a 
distance, and they were commencing to feather. They were 
fully feathered by July IGth, and on the morning of July 17tli, 
had left the nest, their age being 11 days. Although fairly 
strong on the wing the youngsters did not leave the conceal- 
ment of the long grass until they had been out of tiie nest 
tliree days, and I tliink this suggests that the nest is mostly 
built in such situations in a natural state. On the 28th, the 
young ones were perched on low branches, the cock took entire 
charge of one of them, the hen the other, and T never saw 
either parent feed the youngster attended to by the other. The 
one fed by the cock was much stronger tliaii the other 
one and this may I)e possil)ly owing to the fact that he is the 
more expert insect catcher. More regurgitated seed was given 
now, but still a large (luantity of live food was used up to a 
fortnight out of the nest. After August 8th, I neither saw nor 
heard the youngsters being fed and as I write (August 24th) 
they are very difficult to distinguish from their mother, apart 
from their youthful appearance. It would appear the clutch 
is complete with the second egg, indeed the tiny nest would 
not conveniently accommodate more. The young are exactly 
like the female parent, except that the breast streaks are 
perhaps not so clearly defined. 
I belive the species has been successfully lired in Oer- 
many, I)ut this is I think the first instance in tlie F.K. 
Notes of Some Birds of the Andes in the 
Neighbourhood of Aconcagua. 
By Philip Gossk, M. E. C. S. 
The following notes were made dui'ing a stay of some 
eight months i:i the higher Andes, on the sides of .Aconcagua. 
The first list of l)irds were all ol)served at the altitude of 
8,000 feet and upwards. 
I ree no reason why any of these siiould not live and 
thrive quite well in our English climate. 
