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The Breeding of the Grenadier Weaver. 
and continue building tiic nest. In fact, he acted as a tea- 
cher, and very thoroughly, too, occasionally inspecting the nest 
and pulling it about and then making the young^ster go on 
again with his building. On (July 11th all the nests were 
examined and two eggs were found in the nest below thel 
one in which the lirst brood was reared. On the 12th the 
hen did not sit, but on 14th was observed carrying in feathers; 
this was the first piece of building that she had done, but 
whether she put these feathers under or over the eggs I 
cannot say. On the loth, probably the first day of incubation, 
the hen Hew out of the nest at 7-30 p.m., and on the Uith 
it was apparent that they had begun to incubate in real 
earnest, though the hen Hew out when anyone j^assed. She 
was very quick, and could hardly be seen when she left the 
nest; evidently she was trying to hide her movements and not 
attract attention to the nest. 
The cock used to sit on guard above tlie nest {se& 
phoio). I do not doubt that if we had been inquisitive they 
would never have reared their young, but foi'tunately no one 
else knew. On the 2Gth everything jjointed to the young being 
hatched for the hen became friendly and lasked for meal- 
worms, while the cock became subdued and ceased to chase 
the other two young ones (which are going to be removed 
very shortly). On August 3rd I looked 'in with the aid of 
a small mirror, and saw two young (ones partly fledged and 
getting on nicely. I should say they were then about 8 days 
old. 
In both broods until the young birds pame out of the 
nost, the hen only fed, but, in the first brood, when they came 
out they were fed by both parents. The hen only sat while 
the cock remained on guard above the nest. They have 
for food, canary and millet seed, bread and milk and soft food, 
while the hen alone is allowed mealworms, since the cock' 
nearly murders the lirst brood if he gets one by mistake 
Aviary Notes and 1912 Breeding Results 
By R. S. de Quincey Quincey. 
My first aviary was a wooden structure about 9 by 
5 feet, with two thirds of the front and one end, wire. This 
was built in I'JOI, but in 1907, a wire run was added in 
