11 JULY 1891, Page 15

ANIMAL .2ESTHETICS.

[To THE EDI MR Or THE " SPECTATOR."1 Sin,—The writer of the admirable article on "Animal ..Eisthetics "which was published in your columns on May 2nd last, will, I am sure, be interested to learn that a pair of gold- finches in my garden have acted in a manner precisely similar to that practised by the birds of which he wrote. They have built high up in an ilex-tree, and have put the finishing touches to their work by ornamenting the nest with sprigs of the blue forget-me-not. Let us hope that in this case the aesthetic taste of the birds will not, as in the instance quoted in the article referred to, lead to the ruin of their nest.—I am,