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I'uvthcr N otcs uj the Season. 
CiREKN'inNCii X SiKiiiM SisKiN ll^■nRll)s: Tlicse liavc a 
second brood of youni;steis in the nest. 
Amkrican JvoiUN X SoN'ci iiRiTsii : 'I'he nest and e,^',i;s 
already reported came to notliini^ ! 
Baltimork I Iancnksts : 'I'lie iiest noted in May Bird 
is'oTKS was duly completed, a clutch of eggs laid, and incubation 
is proceeding", but I do not think there can be any result as both 
birds have gone into a heavy moult — they have lost their flight 
f.-athers, and their tails are in process of renewal: they do not 
fly about much — just hop and bound from branch to branch. 
This nest is not so deep as the first one they built, and is con- 
structed entirely of white fibre this time; it is little more than a 
deep cup. Some American friends visiting me were much 
interested in seeing' the young Blue Robins and Virginian Car- 
dinals feeding their young. One of "them said he had plenty of 
Hangnests nesting just outside his house, but their nests were 
much longer than the one (the first nest built) I showed him. 
I have a Black Seed Finch incubating three eggs, also a 
Swainson's Sparrow similarly engaged with three eggs, but 
neither of these birds, so far as I know, have any mates. 
The following young have been fully reared and are 
flying about the avairy, but such well-known species only require 
tabulating : 
2 Peaceful Doves {Gcoprlia tranquUla). 
2 Australian Crested Doves {Ocyphaps loplwtcs). 
2 Cuban Finches (Pbonipara canora). 
8 Cutthroats (Amadina fasciata). 
The birds have done better this year than last, presumably 
because the aviary has become established, the natural cover 
denser and things generally more settled. The aviary was 
only just completed and barely ready for the birds when the 
season commenced in 1920. 
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More Notes of the Season. 
By Capt. G. E. Rattigan, F.Z.S. 
Yellow-billed Cardinal (Paroaria capitata) : I believe 
I made a mistake when describing the nesting-down of the 
