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and the nest itself was near the other end. On the 27th June

one egg was found broken on the floor of the aviary flight, and

the next day the hen bird was noticed to have another broken

egg hanging from her feathers. As she did not take any further

interest in the nest, it was taken down but there were no more

eggs in it. As this is the first time these birds have laid here,

we may be more fortunate the next time they nest.


Pekin Robins (Liothrix lutea). Six of these birds in one

aviary made several nests, but as soon as an egg was laid it was

promptly eaten up by one or the other of the Robins. The few

of these birds that I turned out last year have disappeared from

the garden.


Bronze-winged Pigeons (Phaps chalcoptera ). Although two

pairs of these Pigeons were continually nesting, and several young

were hatched, only three were fully reared. In most cases as soon

as the young left the nest, the parents gave up feeding them and

started nesting again.


Sw inhoe’s Pheasant-tailed Pigeons (Macropygia swinhoei).

Owing to the roughness of the nest made by these Pigeons nearly

every egg that was laid was not properly incubated, as they fell

through the twigs to the bottom of the baskets that are hung up

for nesting purposes. Only one young was successfully reared

after the baskets had been half filled with straw.


Crowned Lapwing (Stephanibix coronatus). These birds chose

a very awkward place for their nest which was on the pathway

against the door leading from the small flight to a large one. The

first egg was laid on the 28th April. This disappeared the same

day. Another one was laid on the 30th, and a Madagascar

Partridge was seen eating this later in the day. Two more eggs

were laid by the 1st July. These were incubated for five days,

and on the 6th day both eggs were found broken. Two more

eggs laid by the 12th August were taken away and placed in an

incubator, and one young was hatched out on the 9th September.

This one only lived for seven days.


Purple-headed Glossy Starling (Lamprocolius auratus).

A pair of these birds were continually building nests and then



