Bird Lije Thiuiujli the Camera. 253 
Both parents fed well, cliiclly with .S2)ray luillet, hut 
they were also noticed picking over the soft food put in for 
the Taiiagers. 
Un June 11th a great disaster befell the family, for on 
looking into the nest 1 found the hen bird dead, but tlu; two 
young were quite lit, and had been fed ([uite recently, their 
i-rops l)eing full of seed. 
The dead hen was removed and the youngsters left to the 
can; of their father, and a good attentive little diap he 
proved, for on the Kith Iwtli young had left the nest and were 
strong on the wing. 
All went well until the 23rd when after a heavy rain 
one of the youngsters was found dead, although apparently 
well nourished and healthy, so the remaining bird was removed 
with its parent 'to a cage, where it soon started to pick up 
for itself, and is now entirely independent of its parent. 
The nest when built in a tree is domed and very 
bulky (see photo). The eggs are white and generally four 
or live in number. 
The nestling plumage is: Beak blackish; head chest- 
nut brown; breast slightly speckled with white; abdomen 
rusty-black; back brown, tipped with red; ujiper tail-coverts 
red; tail feathers black, tipped with brown; wings brown. 
White- THROATED Finch (Spermophila albigularis) . This 
handsome and attractive species has succeeded in rearing two 
young this season, and although they have been with me for 
three years this is their first attempt at nesting. 
They built a small cup -shaped nest, laying two eggs, 
mottled with dark-brown, but both were destroyed by the 
other birds. 
Their second nest was built in a more secure position 
and again two eggs were laid and both were duly hatched out; 
the chicks were well covered with down and were fed by 
both parents from the crop on seed — the hen alone incubated. 
The young in nestling plumage resembled their female parent. 
Green Cardinals (Gubernatrix crAstata). This species 
has been very prolific with me this season and I give 
photos of their first nest, one of which shows the cock in 
the act of feeding his mate. 
