. Bird notes . ondition, but Ihope that next year they will make up their minds to do so. These birds nest very late in the year in Norway. Iremember finding, at end of Au;gust, a nest of young ones ina spruce at Fnondheim, when on a yachting cruise there somesome years ago. I tookl a pnoto of tlie nest, but the lightwas not good, and the resultant picture not good enoughfor Thesei and the Hooded Crows were about the^commonest birds I ).Siaw in Norway. Some day, when I havetime, if our. Editor is short of copy for I must senda few notes of some pf the birds seen on the trip> which
. Bird notes . ondition, but Ihope that next year they will make up their minds to do so. These birds nest very late in the year in Norway. Iremember finding, at end of Au;gust, a nest of young ones ina spruce at Fnondheim, when on a yachting cruise there somesome years ago. I tookl a pnoto of tlie nest, but the lightwas not good, and the resultant picture not good enoughfor Thesei and the Hooded Crows were about the^commonest birds I ).Siaw in Norway. Some day, when I havetime, if our. Editor is short of copy for I must senda few notes of some pf the birds seen on the trip> which ex- Some British Birds in My Aviaries. 231 tended through Lapland, past Spitzbergen, and as far north asthe polar ice pack. With the Bearded Tits {Panurus biartnicus. Linn.) Ihave at last been successful, and two young ones are beingreared this season. The first pair I turned out met with ill luck,the hen dying egg-bound. I was lucky to get another fromMr. Frostick, who warned me not to give mealworms to these. Photo W. Fieldfare Prepare! to Attack. birds. I had always been in the habit of giving mine oneor two daily. Mr. Frosticks advice was very opportune, asjust about this time mealworms became unprocurable, so whatlive food they had, they owed to their own exertions. Early inJuly the hen built a nest in a box in the shelter. I cantgive the incubation period, as at this time I was away fromhome a good deal, but on examining the nest during aninterval in my holiday^, I found two strong young birds andtwo addled eggs. On visiting them again ten days later Ifound that the hen, disgusted probably with the interferenceof my last visit had built a neat cup-shaped nest in another cornerof the shelter, and had somehow installed her young onestherein. Both birds were well feathered, but neither could 2.^2 Some British Birds in My Aviaries. fly, and I should very much like to know how she succeededin getting them to change their quarters. A week later, theywerei qui
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