C)2 Records of Birds xvliicli have bred in Captivity. 
there is a y;ood bit of dull l^lue about the upper parts, and also 
subdued patches underneath. I cannot discover that any 
feathers are shed durins^- the change from winter to breeding 
plumage. 
1 may say that in my aviary, although the nest boxes only 
get an annual clean, red mite (the curse of indoor aviaries and 
cages) is unknown. 
( )n a second looking through my uote-book I find an 
entry re the Chinese Quail to the effect that these pretty little 
birds seem semi-nocturnal in their habits. They certainly sleep 
during the heat of our summer afternoons, and are very active 
during the twilight of our svunmer evenings, and I also think 
during part of the night — for when I have gone, as I mostly do 
during summer, down the garden the last thing to have a look 
round, 1 have on many occasions seen them scuttling off to their 
slieker (a square patch of sand, raised 6 in. above floor level 
with a sloping" board over it, leaving only the front open) at I2 
midnight. 
I hope in this rambling avicultural chat there will be some 
items of interest for new adherents to aviculture. 
^-M-^ 
Records of Birds whicli have Bred in Captivity 
By Dr. K. Hopkixsox. D.S.O., M.B. 
( C oiitiuucd from page 62). 
For nic'iniiif^- of ;il)liifviatioii^ used in this list f/i/r p;it;fs 38 — 9. 
21. — RED CARDINAL. Cardinalis cardinalis. W.T.P. 
l'"airl\ coniiiionlw For accounts see A.M. i. 124 and Gcdney. ii. 159. 
Al)road : ist I.cuckfeld fRuss. " Easily bred " (Russ) . 
Hyukids. 
[RED CARDINAL x R1':D-CRESTED CARDINAL. 
See B.N. 1907. 222. " ( )ne deformed young one lived seven weeks.] 
REDCARDl.VAL x ( iREEN CARDINAL. W.T.P. 

22. — BLUE CHAFFINCH. / /. vf/ta. W.T.P. 
1st Aleade-Waldo. See A.M. 1895. 103. 
