. Bird notes . My Aviary and Inmates. 9 Firefinches, Cordon Bleus. Bronze-wing-ed and Blaok-headedMannikins, Nutmeg Finches, Bullftnehes, Goldfinches, Redpolls,Canaries, and Madagascar Weavers. I have sought to get a pair of Red-headed GouldianFinches, as I greatly desire to possess a pair of these lovelybirds, but so far without success. I put in for the Waxbills a Cineraria plant coveredwith blight, and the next morning my two Avadavats weredead, one in each corner, with a lot of feathers about. [I think the cause of death is obvious, the poor miteshad been scared by a cat or some similar ve
. Bird notes . My Aviary and Inmates. 9 Firefinches, Cordon Bleus. Bronze-wing-ed and Blaok-headedMannikins, Nutmeg Finches, Bullftnehes, Goldfinches, Redpolls,Canaries, and Madagascar Weavers. I have sought to get a pair of Red-headed GouldianFinches, as I greatly desire to possess a pair of these lovelybirds, but so far without success. I put in for the Waxbills a Cineraria plant coveredwith blight, and the next morning my two Avadavats weredead, one in each corner, with a lot of feathers about. [I think the cause of death is obvious, the poor miteshad been scared by a cat or some similar vermin, and hadflown about till exhausted and then perished miserably—it isusually the new arrivals that these pests of our gardens scareto death.—Ed] The Chinese Painted Quails were very wild at first inspite of clipped wings, but they are now becoming quite tameand run about the flight in the daytime. The Budgerigarshave done a lot of nesting Avith practically no result, there hasalso been some cross-mating
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