The Nesting of Pclin Tiohhis. 
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mice or not, I do not know; but a fourth attempt resulted 
in onlj one bird being hatched, and after surviving and doing 
wel! for a week, it also totally disappeared. Some writers 
have accused the cock Scarlet of infanticide, but I can 
scarcely imagine he could have " covered his tracks " so well 
as was the case in these instances. 
To again revert to the question of insectivora breeding 
in company, it may be of interest to state that while these 
Tanagers were busy providing the material for these notes, 
two Grey-winged Ouzels of separate clutches were fully reared; 
and the Rufous-throated Sugarbirds got so far as to natch out 
two young birds, which, however, only survived a few days. 
The above remarks, I am afraid, do not make very 
cheerful reading, but I think they may encourage us to hope 
that before many seasons have gone, we shall have a large 
number of interesting results from these interesting birds. 
And I hope that my failures may be a stimulus rather than 
a deterrent to my fellow -members, to study the requirements 
and conditions which are most likely to bring forth the best 
results. 
The Nesting of Pekin Robins. 
By F. Chawner. 
In the autumn of 1909 I bought a true pair of Pekin 
Robins. They were practically featherless, and had to be kept 
for some weeks in a cage until they had grown feathers 
enough to cover them and to enable them to fly about the 
garden aviary. The August of 1910 they showed signs of 
wishing to nest and I fixed up an old wicker cuff-protector, 
which they took to at once, and made in it a very neat cup 
nest out of dried bents and a little moss. Unfortunately they 
were disturbed by a Weaver, who persisted in making a dome 
to the cuff; this the Pekins resented, and in the fracas the 
eggs were demolished. 
This year (June 23rd) they took possession of a small 
basket hanging from a bough in the roofed part of .their 
aviary, and made a nest of the same type as last year's. Two 
large eggs, much the size of a Greenfinch's were deposited, 
and both birds incubated them, though the hen took the greater 
