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the head of the l)ush, but most cuniiinj^'ly hidden, not a vestage 
of material Ijeint,'- visible throug'h the foliage, and to take the 
accompanying photograph quite a number of leaves had to be 
cut away to reveal it, and the ])hoto was taken looking down 
upon the top of the bush. Little comment is needed thereupon 
as the nest is ([uite normal, of the usual spherical form with an 
entrance hole at the front, solidly built (walls practically one 
inch thick), and though there had been heavy rains the interior 
was quite dry. 
I may interpolate here, that owing to a pair of Ring- 
necked Pheasants (Phasianiis torquatus) being in the aviar;- 
herbage was rather scanty, and I have been supplying bunche> 
of tall flowering and seeding grass from the hedgerow through 
out the year. The birds have used this as nesting material, 
mostly first picking over the seed and flower-heads. 
The coarser grass stems were used for the exterior, and 
the finer for the interior, a few feathers also bein^g" carried in. 
In conclusion I may add that all three young birds are 
still living, have moulted, the males, of course, being still in 
eclipse plumage, but their beaks are full coloured. The beaks 
commenced to colour when the young were about six weeks olc, 
and the lieaks were full coloured before the moult took place. 
Crimso.\'-cr()Vvxf;d Wk.wers (Pyroinclaiia faniniiccps). 
This third episode is another case of the birds nesting secretivelv 
amid the luxuriant growth of my large garden aviary. I have 
a walk right round this flight, but twelve inches from the 
netting along the back-side of aviary I have loganberries, 
trained; these form a dense screen through which one can 
observe the birds almost unnoticed, and had I but jjossessed the 
leisure I think but few nests would escape my notice, but still I 
find it most interesting to learn that in a flight averaging" 
4cft. X 30ft. the birds manage to nest and rear their young, 
escaping the attention of normal and attendance notice till 
the young are seen about. This is what occurred with my 
Crimson-crowned Weavers. In August last Mrs. K. L. Miller, 
a late enthusiastic bird-keeper, was staying here and spent a 
good bit of time in the garden with my sisters, watching and: 
observing the birds, not only while resting on the lawn, but 
