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appears smaller, as the fliglit and tail feathers are not yet fully 
developed. The juvenile plumage is as follows: 
Black-cap quite distinct. 
No feathers on breast. 
Wings dark greenish-brown — no bright colours yet. 
Both parents and young all sleep in nest-box at night, and they 
still remain in the nest the greater part of the day. 
The hen still keeps her wonderful plumage, not a feather 
out of place — yet she has had quite a long spell of incubation 
confinement, followed by her parental duties of attendance on 
her progeny. 
I should say the baby I saw on July 2nd was about two 
months old, and had the hopping movements of its parents. 
On July 4th I heard the young crying loudly for food, 
sounded too like several voices calling — they keep so close in 
the nest and the light is so dim inside, and one only sees one 
youngster at a time, though two were seen together on the one 
occasion, June 28th; will this prove to be an optical illusion and 
there be only one baby after all ? 
July 5th: Youngster feathering rapidly, more of the red 
plumage coming out. 
July 8th : Baby seen well — red body, green wings and black 
cap — very like its parents; not been out of box again yet, 
parents very anxious to cover the entrance hole and so 
keep the babies out of sight. 
July loth : Baby seen again this morning — black cap perfect ; 
dark eye ; black beak ; plumage beneath body only partly 
developed, red not below breast yet; wings greenish, no 
purple or blue areas yet; in place of this grey; feet dark — 
not out of box yet. 
Adult birds seen pairing for first time since April 4th. 
July 28th : The baby Black-cap duly left the nest to-day. 
It is not yet fully feathered on breast ; wing green, 
showing yellow when flapping is going on; cheeks red; 
crown, eye, beak and feet black; tail growing bluish. 
It is a fine big bird, really able to eat, as it bites wood, and is 
trotting all about the aviary and up on the perches with 
its parents, who appear to be very proud of it, and so 
am I ! 
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