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to discuss the annoyances of domestic life (they are spared the 
servant prohleni ! ), tlie hard times and tlie latest scandal, for 
even an aviary is not free from this scouri^e of lile. Some, 
nay most, of these i)alships are very nnsellisli, ,L;ive and take is 
the rule, therefore they last ; they help each other a,i;"ainst the 
aviary bnlly or bullies, for, .alas, these are never absent, not even 
in the best rei^ulated aviaries — I must not meander on, but 
will bring" these notes to a close with a bit of scandal. 
There are folks of irregular morals in Birdland as well as 
in other countries. I will quote a glaring instance in my own. 
aviaries of recent happening. My Stanley Parrakeets. which 
reared young last season, are still in the same aviary and have 
the same companions. At the last moult Mr. Stanley failed 
to reproduce his flight- and tail-feathers, though apparently a 
robust bird, since when Mrs. .Stanley has ignored him, and has 
been guilty of desertion and bare-faced adultery ; no family has 
followed this sinful union — probably they lay their sins at the 
door of the law of " the survival of the fittest ! " Who Knows ? 
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Editorial. 
Nestinc Notks : Many of these are given in article form 
elsewhere in this issue. 
(.)n June i6th, when the Editor had the privilege of looking 
over the Duchess of Wellington's aviaries — to which we shall 
allude more fully in a future issue — the following species were 
noted as having eggs or young : 
Indigo Buntings {Cyaitusf^ica cyaiica) — 2 almost fully fledged 
young in the nest — parents feeding well. 
Green Singing-finches {Scri)ius icterus) — incubating a clutch of 
three eggs. 
Giant Whydahs {Chocra procnc) — the first brood of ..le season 
was not reared, but a fresh nest is almost complete — it is a 
beautiful structure constructed amid the tall gr<iss, with its 
base all but resting on the ground. It is constructed of 
coarse grass and the downy seed heads of reedy grasses, 
giving it the appearance of having an inner lining of whitish- 
