50 Freely Imported Species mid Their Treatment. 
its beak was darker than that of its parents. On December 
3rd another young- cock appeared, and on December 13th a 
young hen came out of the log, in plumage the counterpart 
of its mother. The male parent then left the young cocks 
to fend for themselves, and drove them away whenever they 
approached their sister, but, all the young slept in the log. 
Before the hen came out, looking in I saw that there 
was at least one other egg being incubated then, and I be- 
lieve that it, or they, are now hatched out, as the cock has 
been industriously eating cuttle -bone, which I And a fairly 
safe test with some birds, especially so with this species, and 
also Zebra Finches. The young cock which first left the 
log soon died. I then brought the other two indoors, and put 
them in a cage where they are now, and in the best of 
health; but, oddly enough, for young birds, they are very 
wild, even thougli sharing a cage with a perfectly tame 
Budgerigar. 
The day before yesterday I had the luck to witness 
unobserved the cutting and carrying up' of the strips of leaves. 
The cock took no part in the cutting up, except to remain in 
close attendance on his mate, following her up and down, while 
she collected and prepared material. After preparing the 
strips of laurel, and oak leaves, she tucked them into .the 
feathers of the rump and lower back, erecting the feathers of 
these parts almost perpendicularly, and when fully loaded up, 
she had a most absurd, almost hedgehog-like appearance. 
She carried from fifteen to twenty pieces to the log 
each time, and mostly without losing any en route. 
She has been in the log, apparently continuously, for 
three months; yet appears to be in the best of health and 
feather. 
I trust I am not wasting valuable space with too well- 
worn a subject. 
An Effective Mouse Trap for the Aviary. 
By Rev. J. M. Pateeson^. 
The following trap I have found very effective in my 
outdoor aviaries. The first night I set it in my open flight 
I caugh'^ thirteen mice — the trap is always there and a few 
