My Latest Ai'iarics, etc 
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1 (Iri'cn Cardinal I (itibcnnUrix crislata) . 
I llinialaxan Siskin i 1 1 \ l^acaiithus spinoides ) J. 
I Parson l''incli ll'acphila ciiictii) \' ■ 
() Zebra I"inchcs i 'l\n- iiiopygiu cusluiiotis ) rf . 
3 (ionUlian Mnclics (I'ocpliihi gouldhre ) 9- 
1 ('.wy V'mch ( Spcniiopliila ^riscii I '. 
1 Tilcatcd Finch ( Corypliospiiiiitis pilcu/iisj J. 
I Xapoleon Weaver ( Pyroiuclaiia ii/ni) (j' . 
1 Speke's \Veaver ( H yphantornis spcl;ci) . 
1 Malabar Mynab (Poilopsar inalabaricaj c? • 
2 Queen Whydalis (Vidua regia) ^j" . 
7 llvbrids, Him. Siskin x Canarw One of these hybrids is clear vellow — 
not a lutino- males, tine songsters. 
4 Hybrids. Tri-Colour Alannikin x Silverbill. 
1 i'llack Tanager i Tacliyphoinis iiicUilciicus) . 
2 jiair.s Chaffinches (l-'riugilla cockbs). 
I Linnet ( Lhiota 
1 llinialayan Coldlincli I Ciirdiiclis iudlca) . 
1 (ire\' lava Sii.arrow (Miiiiia oryzh'ora) . 
I Red-headed h'inch ( Anuidina crytttrocc pliala) 9- 
1 Accentor (Acccvtor inudularis) 9- 
There are others which 1 cannot call to mind at the 
moineiit of writing. 
One of the .saddest of my avicultnral experiences occurred 
recently, (ioing into the aviary one morning in mid-June to 
renew food supplies 1 picked up 4 cock (louldian h'inches 
]\Ielba Finches. 2 White-eyes .and 2 hen Zebra Miiches — tlu 
preceding day had been tropical, but during the night there was 
a severe frost, so severe that all my early I'rencii beans were cut 
to the ground beyond recovery — all were acclimatisel birds and 
in perfect plumage and condition! 
This account is inordinately long, and 1 must lea\ c 
remarks on nesting attemi)ts, demea.notir of the birds, the 
pleasures of aviculture, and notes ot my two piieasant runs for 
future papers. 
