134 AvlculiuraJ Experience — Whlic-cared Bulbuls. 
in three weeks, and laid about eight eggs altogether, but hav; 
not attempted to incubate any of them. 
I feed my birds on a mixture of millet and canary seed, 
with millet sprays and sunflower seed. I also give unlimited 
quantities of chickweed, groundsel, and above all, seeding grass 
of whicli they eat great quantities. 
I am afraid this yarn will not interest many, as I am rnly a 
beginner, but the lion. Editor wants copy and may find a spare 
corner for this. 
[Master Pullar is our youngest member (being yet in his 
'teens) and is also, we think, the youngest Fellow of the 
Zoological Society. — Ed.] 
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An Avicultiiral Experience — White-eared Bulbuls. 
By D. S. Vermilion. 
Last summer I purchased a pair of White-eared Bulbuls 
and put them into my large garden aviary. The birds were 
at first very wild and extremely nervous, but after a few months 
Ijecame quite tame, even coming on to my hand for mealworms 
In March they built a nest in a large Italian cypress, and 
deposited two eggs therein; after about seven days incubation 
one of the eggs disappeared and I never knew what became of 
it. In due course the other egg hatched out, the old birds were 
assiduous in caring for the youngster, feeding it at every 
opportunity. Every thing was going well when my supply 
of meal-worms gave out and I could not procure more. I 
decided to try maggots and this proved fatal. It had no sooner 
eaten several of these when it sickened and died, and so I lost 
my first young bulbul. 
The bulbuls about a week later constructed another nest, 
laid two eggs, and after two weeks inciibation hatched out two 
chicks. In the meantime I had secured a supply of mealworms 
so that there is no question in my mind, but that their efforts 
will be crowned with success, and I shall raise bulbuls this time, 
