. Bird notes . was the fine collectionof weavers, all, except one, (a Red-faced Weaver), infull colour and perfect condition at the time of my were all the common and several rare species inan aviary together with four species of Cardinals,some Saffron-finches, and Pekin Robins. The weaversincluded Crimson - crowned, Napoleon, Taka andOrange Bishops, Madagascar, Red - headed {QueUaerythrops) and Waxbill Weavers, with half-a-dozenYellow Weavers (^Hyphajitojmis) of three (perhapsfour) species, including the large Rufous - necked(^H. C7iadlat7cs) and the smaller Black-headed and Half-m
. Bird notes . was the fine collectionof weavers, all, except one, (a Red-faced Weaver), infull colour and perfect condition at the time of my were all the common and several rare species inan aviary together with four species of Cardinals,some Saffron-finches, and Pekin Robins. The weaversincluded Crimson - crowned, Napoleon, Taka andOrange Bishops, Madagascar, Red - headed {QueUaerythrops) and Waxbill Weavers, with half-a-dozenYellow Weavers (^Hyphajitojmis) of three (perhapsfour) species, including the large Rufous - necked(^H. C7iadlat7cs) and the smaller Black-headed and Half-masked Weavers {H. mclanocephahis and viiellmus).All these were living apparently peaceably together,—the peace due to the fact that there was not a singlefemale to cause dissension among them—and werecertainly the finest lot of weavers I have ever seen,forming a distinctly better and more varied collectionthan that usually to be found in the Weaver compart-ment of the Zoos Western aviar3\ Living with these. ^^ t z ^ o -J u X 20I weavers were two of the rarer Whydabs, the Red-collared (^Peiithetria ardens) and the large Cape Why-dah {Cheia procne), both in full colour, though thelatter, his owner said, has grown no long tail-featherseither this year or last ; the remaining birds wereRed, Green, Red-headed, and Yellow-billed Cardinals,Saflfron-finches, and Pekin Robins, all of which addedtheir share of colour to this brightly-coloured livingpicture. The two other large aviaries contained, one anumber of smaller foreign seedeaters, the other half-a-dozen Rosella Parrakeets, Yellow and Green Budgeri-gars, and a few odd weavers which had been expelledfrom the Weavers Aviary, either on account of theirsex or for various misdemeanours and assaults. The Rosellas breed regularly every year, and thepresent party consists of the old pair and this yearsfamil3^ This is not the only success in breedingwhich Mr. Dart has had this season. He had flyinga nest of Black - headed Gouldians, bu
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