Zbc IRbcae at Ballvwalter ipark. 



By the Lady Duni,eath. 



HAVE been asked to write a few notes 

 about my Rheas. I fear I have only 

 misfortunes to record about them. My 

 first hen died in the second year here, 

 from rheumatism and diptheritic roup. 

 I tried in vain for a long time to get another, but at last 

 heard of one late in the season — unfortunately it took 

 cold and died of bronchitis very quickly. I then got 

 another supposed hen, but it turned out to be a cock» 

 Last season, in consequence of these disappointments, 

 was a failure. 



In 1902 thirteen eggs were laid ; but owing, I 

 suppose, to the youth of the parents, all were clear. 



I hope before the spring to be able to get a good 

 hen. At present the cock is very well and very tame. 



I also lost my cock Flamingo — he broke his leg 

 and died from the effects. One of the Cranes died 

 from a tumour on the brain. I have been most 

 unlucky with my large birds, and now have only one 

 cock Rhea, one hen Flamingo, and one cock common 

 European Crane. 



My large birds are loose in the Park all day, and 

 at night, except in summer, are shut up iu a large 

 shed in separate compartments. 



