. Bird notes . ermy return, I tiound that each set of eggs was fertile, and thequestion now arose as to what live-food I should be ableto give parents in the event of the eggs hatching out. Waspgrubs were unobtainable in our neighbourhood, a very curiousfhing, as there had been plenty of cjueen wasps in evidencein the spring, and young wasps are generally far too plentifulwith us in the fruit season. Last year my Inan dug out threeor four nests every day during August and the beginning ofSeptember: this year he hasnt found one. Mealworms itwas impossible to get from the dealers, so I decided t
. Bird notes . ermy return, I tiound that each set of eggs was fertile, and thequestion now arose as to what live-food I should be ableto give parents in the event of the eggs hatching out. Waspgrubs were unobtainable in our neighbourhood, a very curiousfhing, as there had been plenty of cjueen wasps in evidencein the spring, and young wasps are generally far too plentifulwith us in the fruit season. Last year my Inan dug out threeor four nests every day during August and the beginning ofSeptember: this year he hasnt found one. Mealworms itwas impossible to get from the dealers, so I decided to trygentles, althougli I had heard a bad report of these from,•vfeirious quarters. On scattering some of these rather dis-gusting grubs on the feeding table, I saw the Crimson-crowned Weaver carrying one to the Red-collared Whydahon the nest, thus proving that he was her husband, for thetime being at any rate. A few days later two young oneswere hatched, I cannot give the exact i)criod of incubation, but b Q. Breeding of Hybrid Crimson-crowned Weaver. 239
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