Ihili-sh Birds. 2i>'.) 
The next (lay in a trap cage baiteel with iiu'alworni.s, 1 
caught their natural mother, so I took her up ami thougiit she 
would also feed, or help feed her own l)aljies -iiol a oil of 
it— 1 am sure she is a suffragette, she called to them once, 
ate of all the tit-bits, and left them severely alone, to poor 
Maria; I therefore" put her into the aviary where she seems 
(piite happy. K.W .V . 
Unusual Position of Nest ou Willow Wkkn;, The 
accompanying photo of this nest under the thatch of a summer 
house in my garden will probably interest many of those 
interested in our native avifauna. When I took possession, 
the brood had already left the nest, but one of the painters 
pointed out to me a brood of young Willow Wrens which 
were being fed on the lawn as the occupants of the nest, 
while they (painters, etc.) were doing the necessary repairs 
to the house, they had used the summer house to take their 
meals in, and had fed the old Inrds, and watched them carry- 
ing food to their family. I may add that oven if T had not 
seen the birds on the lawn I shouhl have accepted his informati(m, 
as ho proved a true lover of our nature birds — also a skilful 
amateur taxidermist, and gave me, very intelligently, much 
interesting data regarding the birds of the district, which as 
he occupies a cottage in close vicinity to a large wood he 
has ample oi)portunity of observing. W.T.P. 
Correspondence. 
SENEGAL X TURTLE DOVE HYRRIDS. 
Siii — I send this short notice in the hope that the rearing 
of a hybrid Senegal x Turtle Dove may be worth recording. 
The parents, a cock Senegal and hen Turtle Dove, were both 
hatched two years ago in my aviary. Tliey mated last summei' and 
laid eggs, whicli were iafcrtilc In the autumn the Senegal made 
himself so unpleasant to the other inmates that I tiu'ned him loose. 
Ho stayed about the garden and came every day foi' food and to 
converse with the Turtle. In spring 1 turned lier out also and 
they presently nested and sat steadily for a week, till a Barbary 
Dove tried to appropriate the nest and in the scrimmage the eggs 
were thrown out and broken. The pair then made a nest in the 
fork ot a horse chestnut branch, and on July 7th hatched one young 
bird, after about a fortnight's incubation, the cock sitting during the 
day and the hen at night. 
