Editorial. 
Editorial. 
Nksttnc Notes : Kiiuwiny the geiici-il iiitfrest taken in 
nosliuL; I'lvsuKs, \vc place, and j;ive these preeedi'nce in (lUi- monthly 
notes, and greatly desire that moi-e niendx'is wonld send in 
l)erioilicaI records oL' the doings of their birds : — 
New Guinea KiFLU P)IRD : ]\Ir. K. .]. Brook has a sec- 
ond disai)pointnient with tliis species, tiie eggs referred to in our 
last issue, have provetl iiil'erlile — menibers will pi'olialily recall 
that there was a similar issue in IIU 1, yet ai)parently, the birtis are 
neither lacking in vigour, aor general fitness. 
Malabar Mynahs {PdI iopxar malabariciis). This species 
have hatched out two young in a l)ei)lesch nest-box in Dr. P. 
Gosse's Beaulieu aviaries, and the young birds are doing well. 
GrassFINCHKS, etc.: ]\Ir. Herbert Bright in his Liverpool 
aviaries, which we hope to figure in a near issue, has the follow- 
ing species feeding young, or young on the wing : Diamond Fin- 
ches, l-ied-lieaded Finches, Zel)ra Finches, also Masked and Kuli- 
cauda Finches ; while (iouldian, Fectoral and Cul)an Finches ; 
Orange-breasted Waxbills ; Bronze and Magi)ie Mannikins and 
Diamond Doves are incubating and other species, including Pin- 
tail Nonpareils are Iniilding. In another aviary tlierearea nnmber 
of young Butlgerigars and Cockateels on the wing. The aviaries 
were not finished till quite late in the season, and the early sunny 
period was missed. 
Grenadier Weavers {Eupledcs oryx). In Mr. K. De 
Quincey's aviaries at Chiselhurst this species has successfully 
reared two young, and the parent birds are now nesting again — 
details etc., Avill be given later by Mr. De Quincey, but we wish 
to draw attention to an interesting fact concerning the emer- 
gence of the young from the nest, the young did not emerge from 
the ordinary entrance hole to the nest, but tlie mah; tore out the 
front of the nest, and tiius let the young out — see illustration 
opposite — thenest was placed amid a group (jF rhododendrons which 
afforded excellent shelter for the young birds. It will be of great 
interest to know whether the same procedui-e occurs before the 
young leave the nest, if a second brood be reared. We do not 
know of any previous record of the breeding of this species in 
Great Britain. 
Silver-eared Mesia {Mesiadrgoitauris), In the same 
