2G1 TIi/bri(J Red -rrestrd x Grcoi CanJiiuiI . 
as I hoped tliat after the moult tliis year (he record would 
thei! be more complete, and its scicutilic interest was all 
that concerned iiu'. Briefly the history was this. I had a 
male Red-ci'esled and a female Green which had each lost 
theii' mate during the winter, and which were in an aviary 
with, a lot of odd birds — Rosy Pastor, two Hangnests, a Scarlet 
and a Brown Tanager, etc. One day seeing the Red-crested 
Cardinal picking up a few twigs and more with the idea of 
giving them something to do than with any thought of breeding, 
I hung up the basket hilt of a single stick in the aviary and 
threw in a handful of twigs and hay. Straightway a 'nest was 
constructed and one egg laid. Having some visitors at the 
time I paid no more heed to them other than to ask my )nan 
if there were any more eggs, and as thei'e wer'e none, and 
the female never seemed to be on the nest I concluded the 
birds were entirely satisfied with what they had already ac- 
complished. At the end of a fortnight I asked my man to 
fetch the egg for preservation but he found the egg chipped 
and a live bird ready to escape from it . For the lirst few days 
I j:) laced a few small caterpillars in a box beside the nest. 
This was followed by live ants' eggs and frcsli wasp grubs. 
Th(! latter were eagerly taken by the parent birds and the 
young one was reared on them till it left the nest, after 
which it had the I'un of the aviary foods though it seemed 
still to prefer wasp grubs and soft mealworms. Tt grew to 
be larger and seemingly more powerful than either parent, 
but from the artistic standpoint its plumage during the first 
year has been disappointing— there being scarce a vestige 
of the colour of either parent. During winter I made a 
careful note of the plumage which is as follows: — 
Forehead and front of chest— black, each feather tipped and 
edged brownish red. 
Sides of Crest n 
Hinder part of Crest [ rusty brown, tin<?ed greenish in some Hghts. 
Hind head 
Supra-orbital— broad reddish streak. 
Sides of Head 1 , , 
Backof Head) '-"^^^^^^'"^"- 
Sides of neck liehind the ear coverts .shaded olive n;rcen. 
From lower angle of mouth extending backwards and down- 
ward-; a whitish patch spotted with black. 
