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thick. Bather the shape of a pear with the top scooped out. It took

the birds three weeks to build it.


White-crested Jay Thrush ( Garrulax diardi). These birds

never attempted to make a nest, but laid several eggs on the aviary

floor between April and May. I had a nest made for them on the

23rd May, and they readily occupied it, and laid two eggs in it by the

24th June. Two young were hatched on the 10th July. Both were

found dead the next day. They had been thrown out of the nest.

No further attempts were made to use the nest, although several

more eggs were laid on the floor.


Pasquier’s Jay Thrush ( Garrulax pasquieri). No success with

these birds as I lost the hen through being egg-bound.


American Bluebird ( Sialia sialis). Three eggs were laid by

the 16th April, and all these disappeared. Most probably were eaten.

Another four eggs were laid in May. Three of these eggs were broken,

and the fourth was hatched out. Young left the nest on 6th June

not at all strong, and was found dead the following day. Another

four eggs were laid by the middle of June. Hen would not sit.


Shama ( Kittocincla malabarica). The hen bird killed the male and

was removed from the aviary. A fresh pair were put in. These were

English bred. One egg was laid on 28th May, but the hen died of

egg-binding. Another hen was put in with the same cock bird. She

laid only one egg on 14th June, which disappeared by the end of the

month. Two more eggs were laid in July. Both fertile but young

only partly formed.


White-winced Mynah ( Sturnia nemoricolor). One young success¬

fully reared as reported in the December number of the Magazine.


Crowned Lapwings ( Stephanibix coronatus). Two eggs laid in

a hollow in the ground by the pond on 15th and 16th April. One

young hatched out on 14th May and was found dead the next day.

The second young one was hatched out on 16th May and this one was

found dead on the following day. This one had evidently been killed,

as both legs were broken.


Madagascar Partridge ( Margaroperdix madagascariensis) . Two

pairs were left together in a large aviary. Unfortunately one male was

killed just as they were coming into breeding condition. One hen



