. Bird notes . our weeksof this, I for one got tired of it, and one morningj I opened!the cage door, out they came and without delay started to builda nesl once more: this time a cigar box with a hole near thetop was chosen as the home and nursery for their brood. Into this they carried an accumulation oi rubbish, hay,fealher,->. till it was almost full; eggs were laid and in- cubatei steadily ior-ouie days, when, l)e-luving them to be ab--ent, I lifted down thenest, out came the cock-they promptly de-serted! AH three pairsforowe 1 this by severalunsuccessful atiempts,but one day, on
. Bird notes . our weeksof this, I for one got tired of it, and one morningj I opened!the cage door, out they came and without delay started to builda nesl once more: this time a cigar box with a hole near thetop was chosen as the home and nursery for their brood. Into this they carried an accumulation oi rubbish, hay,fealher,->. till it was almost full; eggs were laid and in- cubatei steadily ior-ouie days, when, l)e-luving them to be ab--ent, I lifted down thenest, out came the cock-they promptly de-serted! AH three pairsforowe 1 this by severalunsuccessful atiempts,but one day, on enter-ing the aviary, twowHird little objects metin,\ eye: what on earfhw ere they ? Fatherl-Miefiiich, with mucliexcitement, jiromprlyir. E, T,xrhe„nder, pho/o. ^^ettled the questiou byYOUNG FIREFINCH IN NEST. feeding his progeny,Anepisodeof Mr. Teschemakers Aviary in 1906 and thus two moreyoung Fireflnches were, for good or evil, launclu-d into theworld. This was on July lOtli, and now (Septemi,>er 18th). Kditorial. 321 the young cock is last assuniiiiy tlic rich lines ol llic uo:s\.)iiig i)hniia,i;(: llicy ruyciublc lh«; licii, with li aik licakiiami sonic red the mini). AIkiuI this time more ; were heard in aiielhcrnest, but 1 had to leave hoiii. and do not know tli d/ iale. Ilic Iood provided consisted ol the ii-ual sivmIs, li\c ami{\cii ants e,L;-_^>> and mealworm-, plus such si;ctl^ andinsects as could be pick-d up in tludi nalnral cmdo-ure, hui,1 am not aide to say ui\ wiiai the ,\oinig were ied. CiijxKKAL J\k.\iai;ks: , wiien once acclima-tised, are deliyhtiul, till then a trial and worry to everyone,but when (nice in j^jo 1 healin 1 lia\e not lound that tli-yobject to cold; last w intc., however, 1 kept them in a roomthat ^ Slightly warmed. This year one paii is going tostay out ami 1 ha\e no tloui;! hut that they will sur\-i\-e. So niucdi loi our iin\ irieml; long may he i)rospei andreprodui-e his kind; long m
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