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Sbort 1Rotc5. an& Xctters to tbc jEMtor. 



BUDGERIGARS. 



Sir, — On 27tli June last a lieu Budgerigar died in my 

 aviary leaviug two young ones a few days old. Siuce then the 

 cock has regularly fed them and they have left the nest to-day 

 (19th July) strong and well. The cock did not nestle them, 

 even at night, but in every other way appeared as attentive to 

 their wants as the hen could possibly have been. 



Is it usual for the cock to keep so constant to the young 

 ones for so long a time ? 



I have fed on canary seed, white and spray millet, a little 

 wheat and barley (apparently much appreciated) and plent}' of 

 lettuce and flowering grass. E. Wm. Chapi^in, 



BENGALESE FEEDING YOUNG BULLFINCHES. 

 Sir, — I have a cock Bengalese, which flies about the room 

 as he likes ; I have also a nest of young Bullfinches being hand 

 reared. As soon as the Bengalese found out the Bullfinches, 

 he went into their cage and fed them, and continued doing so, 

 never missing one out, till they could feed themselves. Is not 

 this rather unusual .'' E. B. 



"NEW WINE IN OLD BOTTLES." 



In the correspondence columns of the Feathered World 

 Dr. Butler has complained of the publication of the article 

 under the above heading, which appeared in our issue for July. 

 He characterises the article as "ill judged and impertinent," 

 and regrets " that mere courtesy was insufficient to prevent 

 Dr. Creswell from carrying the discussion into the pages of a 

 Magazine which he thought I should be unlikely to see." 

 With regard to the latter point, Dr. Butler is entirely mistaken 

 — the author of the article in question, before it appeared, 

 requested that a copy of the Magazine containing it should be 

 forwarded to Dr. Butler. This was not done, the Editor fearing 

 that his motives in sending it might be misconstrued. As to 

 whether or not the article be " ill-judged and impertinent " we 

 leave our readers to decide for themselves. Neither the Editor, 

 nor the Magazine Committee, accept any responsibility for the 

 views expressed in signed contributions in this Magazine. The 

 article in question, however, is on a different footing, for 



