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Sonic Finclics in viy Ax'iarics. 
one of the prettiest of them is as fohows : — Forehead, throat, 
shouKlers. rum]), and a wide bar on win^s, bright orans^e yellow : 
crown and napo, win.i;"s and tail, and a sjj.jt on cheeks, black; 
face and cheeks, lemon; back, pale rufous; breast and under- 
parts, white. 
My Kedlieadcd l-'inches (.-1 ;;;<7f//;;a crythoccphala), of 
which I have two pairs, were also failures. Two youn^" ones 
left the nest early in ]\Tay, but cold wet weather intervened, and 
I fo;md them and their mother dead one morniuL;'. The other 
pair had several nests, but no young were reared. 
ATy last success was with Cuba Finches ( Plioni/^ara canora). 
These charming little fellows went to nest late in September, 
and reared three young ones. As it happened, the weather this 
fall was nntch more genial than it was in the Spring, and conse- 
quently several pairs of birds went to nest, quite late in the year. 
At the time of writing, the third week in October, the Cuba 
Finches are again incubating. They have made a rather untidy 
nest in the top of a tall artichoke, and I am sure that the first 
heavy rain will cause it to collapse. However, as I am just 
about to take all my small birds indoors, they will in any case 
have no chance of rearing a second family. 
Zebra Finches (Taoiiof^vgia castanotis). two pairs, also 
failed to rear young. They only made one attempt at nesting — 
a very unusual occurrence with these usually free breeders. It 
is probable that fresh. imi)orted. blood is wanted. 

My Red-naped Lorikeets (Triclwglossns nihriforques) 
By Wesley T. Page, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 
I have not had this gorgeous species for some six years, 
but well I remember the lovely pair I then possessed — they 
found their way into my favour at once by their tameness and 
familiarity, in fact I have never seen any since to equal them in 
this respect, for they were uncannily tame. While they were 
in my possession the late Canon Dutton came to see my birds 
and their tameness and familiarity surprised, interested and 
charmed him. for afterwards he wrote several letters of enquiry 
concerning them. It was not only those they were familiar 
