. Bird notes . and Golden-breasted Waxbills ; Thave found the greatest difficuUy in getting them to eat anything inthe green-food \va\-. I keep mine in cages during the winter, in an unheatedroom; they have done very well, and I have at last found some green-foodwhich they will eat—that is the stringy roots of watercress; they ignoreth,. green leaves. Also they will peck at dandelion leaves that are growingin small pots, but they wont touch it if it is a loose leaf; I have tried themwith flowering grass, all kinds of fruit, and various insect foods as a slightaddition to the usual millet menu,
. Bird notes . and Golden-breasted Waxbills ; Thave found the greatest difficuUy in getting them to eat anything inthe green-food \va\-. I keep mine in cages during the winter, in an unheatedroom; they have done very well, and I have at last found some green-foodwhich they will eat—that is the stringy roots of watercress; they ignoreth,. green leaves. Also they will peck at dandelion leaves that are growingin small pots, but they wont touch it if it is a loose leaf; I have tried themwith flowering grass, all kinds of fruit, and various insect foods as a slightaddition to the usual millet menu, but they never touch it. I dont know ifother members have found the same thing, but my birds arc distinctlyconservative in their tastes. East Putney, S. W. ; March 19, 1923. A. II. BARNES. [They will take flowering and seeding grass if growing in small pots, or ifcut as a small turf too heavy for them to drag about—at least, suchwaxbills and avadavats as I keep caged in winter do so.—] Bird /JfnCooK. Cherry Finches and Nest. All Rights Reserved. May and June, 1923 BIRD NOTES. THE Journal of the Foreign Bird Club. Some Finches I have kept. By Wesley T. Page, {Continued froin page ^J). Cherry Finch {Aide}nosyne modesta). This species hasbeen known to aviculture for many, many years, but even during-the period when there were no restrictions to the importationol AustraHan birds, it was neither plentiful nor regular in itsappearance on the English bird market. A few have recentlyappeared, so these reminiscent notes will not be inappropriate. It belongs to the same genus as the African and IndianSilverbills, and is very similar to them in form and generalcharacteristics and also in the form and character of its nest,though it is not easy to persuade either species of Silverbill tobuild a natural nest in a tree or bush in captivity, for theyalmost invariably choose a Hartz travelling cage as a nest Cherry Finch on the other hand, with me,
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