Nesting uf tlic (, oUlcii-hrrastcd lUinl 'nig 
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Clorophonia and Eui'honia (Iroup. Very similar 
remarks apitly to tliese as to the Callisfr .i^roiip. with the 
exception that they need extra care during the cold niontlis. 
though 1 am bovmd to admit that sonic indi\ iehial \ ioiet 
Tanagers are very robust indeed, but subject them to any really 
adverse weather changes, and pneumonia claims its victim; even 
unseasonable weather in summer tries them, and they soon show 
tlie effects of a spell of say, cold rain. 
Nevertheless, with the exercise of care and commonsense 
the aviculturist can successfully keep them, and the apparently 
troublesome and difficult dietary soon becomes mere routine, 
and the trouble very slight. 
As a last word I will explain the preparation of the milk- 
sop for newly-arrived tanagers : take six or more pieces of 
sponge cake (about the size of a walnut), place in a dish, put 
over same teaspoonful each of condensed milk and honey, and 
half a teaspoonful of Mellin's Food; add sufficient boiling water 
to make a liquid sop — well stir together and supply to the birds 
when cool. 
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The Nesting of the Golden-breasted Bunting. 
Emberiza flaviventris. 
By VV. SnoRf: Baily. 
This really handsome bird has been an occupant of my 
aviaries for some years, but this is the first season in which any 
of them have attempted to nest. 
This year I turned a pair into a small aviary where, with 
the exception of a pair of Picui Doves, they had no companions 
larger than themselves. I was quite uncertain whether I had i 
true pair as, like so many foreign finches, the sexes are alike; 
but early in June I was cheered by hearing one of them making 
an attempt at a song. This only consisted of two notes, but 
at least it was something, and might be taken as an evidence 
of sex. A few days later I saw the other bird carrying grass, 
with which she constructed a flimsy cui)-shaped nest in a box 
bush. Two eggs were laid, white with a well marked zone of 
