My New Aviaries. 
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'riiere are also tlie fulluu ini; odd hirils : 
- I'ilcaU'd l'"inch {Curyf>lios/>iii^us p'ltcata) 
Arclihislu)]) Tanagcr (Tanagra oniata) 
■' Parrol l-'inch (llrytJirnra psittacca) 
Rftl Sparrow (species t) 
Yellow Sparrow {Passer luteola) 
Xew Caledonia White-headed Mannikin 
llyhrid Silver!)ill (A'ulciiiosyiic canlaiis) X Cliot niil-hreasted I'inch {Miiuut 
casUiiicithonix) — these mated to hen Silverhills have nested, but no 
\ ounsj have been reared. 
V Hybrid ilini. Siskin {il ypacant Ills spiiioidcs) x (Ireenfinch (Llgurhins 
cliloris) mated with a J (jreenfinch, and two young' birds were success- 
fully reared . 
All the above l)irds have been kept out through this 
winter, but they i;et the use of one half the birdrooni and the 
two outside shelters. 
The Migratory Thrushes (American Thrushes) nested 
twice and successfully reared to maturity eight young birds. 
'J'he Fox Sparrows built a nest of sticks, twigs, and hay 
at the bottom of an elder bush, but nothing came of it. 
The ( iround Cirosbeaks built two nests, low down in small 
shrubs. The nests were mostly grass and hay, but no young 
were reared. 
The Luteola Weavers had two, if not three, lots of young, 
but they did not fully rear any. One brood were fully fledged 
and flew, but succumbed during heavy rain. They built in 
holly and privet. 
A small pair of (irosbeaks, of which 1 do not know the 
name, built a tiny cup-shaped nest, but there was no trace of 
anything further. 
( iolden-breasted Waxbills nested and hatched out young, 
but they did not fully rear them. 
Scarlet Tanagers also nested, but it was another disap- 
pointment, and again I have to write no result. 
Against all these failures the following did fairly well, 
but I certainly did not get anything like my usual run of success- 
ful nests. — I attribute this to the bad weather and the birds being 
in strange quarters. 
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