l")!') Frcehi Imported Sprcirs and Their Tranfmevt. 
Freely Imported Species and Their Treatment. 
By Lady Edith Douolas Pennant. 
Bkeeding the Pote Cardinal. Seeing in May Bird 
Notes tliat Mr. Teschemaker has bred the Pope r'ardiiuil 
(P. larvdta). and that there is no previous recoid of its 
having been bred to maturity in captivity — this came quite as 
a surprise to me. One young bird, which still lives, was 
bred in my aviary last year; I did not send in any notice of 
the occurence as I quite thought so common a species must 
have reared young many times. It would appear, unless some- 
one else is in fi'ont of me, that I am entitled to the Club's 
medal. 
[The Pope Cardinal does not stand alone among com- 
mon (freely imported) species, in there being no record of 
its having been bred in captivity, and this simply illustrates 
the need of members sending in periodically full notes of 
breeding results in their aviaries, leaving us to strike out 
any note not of general interest. If any reader knows of 
any instance of any authentic record of this species having 
been reared in captivity till it was fending for itself, will 
they kindly notify us at once. — Ed.] 
I am afraid after this lapse of time I cannot give so 
connected an account as I would have liked, particularly 
regarding the change fi'om nestling to adult plumage, as think- 
ing they had been often bred, I took very little notice of the 
occurence at the time, which I much regret now, but I am 
only stating deflnately such points as I am sure about. 
I bought the parent birds in 1910 and in April 11)11 
they showed signs of pairing, a nest was duly built, both 
birds assisting in its construction. It was placed high up 
in the shelter shed and was an untidy structure, composed of 
sticks, bents, moss and aviary rubbish. The eggs of the 
first clutch I did not actually see, but I did the second, 
and the eggs were greenish with pale markings. I do 
not know how many young were hatched, but I only saw the 
one which duly left the nest. The parent birds had access 
to mealworms, live ants' eggs, soft food, milk sop, fruit, and 
seeds, and on this (principally insects I think) they reared 
their baby; I noticed while the young bird was still in the 
