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Three Episodes in My Aviary. 
I was very much occupied and the birds only got feeding 
attention, but I still saw one bulbul on occasions; then in JuW 
I saw the two birds tctc-c-tcte on a standard tree ii: the centre of 
the aviary, and again I made a search for nests or young, but 
it was a futile one — it was disappointing, for the birds were in 
the pink of condition, plenty of natural cover and not too much 
company. Later in the month my gardener went up to the 
aviary to fetch something therefrom, and on his return to my 
" holding " he said " there is quite a nice nest, containing one 
egg, white with blackish spots: it's quite close to the wire- 
Photo E. 0. Pagf. 
Nest of Red-vented llulbiil. 
netting, almost by the door as you enter the aviary, quite buried 
in Vvith convolvulus; one of the birds flying out drew mv 
attention thereto." Thus he explained the event. I was not 
back at the house that day till twilight, but I investigateJ 
matters early the next morning and found things much as 
the gardener had stated. The nest was interesting, and owing 
to its position and not being of normal shape f thought a photo 
pf same woiild prove of interest, The nest was, in fact, a slung 
