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More Notes of the Season. 
j4'oinLi' strong, and the same pair have two more yonnj^sters in 
tlie nest, about eight days old. 
BuDGKRtcARs (M cl o f'sidti c US iiii(iiilatus) : Only one nest 
of five Green x Yellow reared so far outside. As regards the 
Blue variety in barn aviary, one pair has six or seven young in 
the nest, but only one has actually emerged so far, and this is n, 
rather curiously coloured bird — pale yellow above with wings 
and underparts a pale olive-green. I am anxious to see the 
rest of the family and also what changes the moult may bring. 
Quail Finches (Oriygospica pulyzona) : Two success- 
fully reared so far. The nest was more like a sciuatting place 
than a nest proper. It was sparsely lined with feathers and 
rabbit fur. The exterior was composed simply of grass stems, 
which had been pulled down and loosely woven together. It 
was about the size and depth of a cricket ball with an arched 
entrance hole. It was, of course, situated upon the ground 
within about eighteen inches of the end of the little box hedge. 
It was built on practically dead level ground and was extremely 
difficult to find, for, although I knew the situation of it to within 
a few feet, it took me a good ten minutes to unearth it. 
Red-crksted Cardinals (Paroaria cucuUata) : One more 
youngster is fully, reared. All the foregoing are entirely 
independent of their parents save where otherwise stated. 
Cordon Blkus [EstriUla pJwcmcotis) have young in the 
nest. 
Zebra Finches (Taeniopyia castaiwfis) also have young 
in the nest. 
Saferon Finches (Sycalis /^areola): After considerable 
persuasion on the part of the cock bird the hen at last consented 
to try and raise a family. Incubation had proceeded steadily for 
eight days, when two days ago, after a very wet night, I noticed 
on entering the aviary that the cock bird, who up till this time 
liad looked a ])icture of health and spirits, was looking decidedly 
seedy. 1 caught him up at once and did all I could for him, 
but he was dead the following morning. I can only suppose 
that he had roosted in some very exposed position during the 
night and had contracted a fatal chill. When picked up he 
seemed very weak and was opening and shutting his beak after 
the fashion of a bird affected with asthma. 
