150 



become independent, and what I may call my market book is 

 apt to ignore all but those put apart for disposal. The numbers 

 below are taken from the nesting book. 



48 28 Total. 31 Total. 



The two hen yellow Budgies have only one cock between 

 them. The ist hen took a rest of about three mouths after the 

 ten lot and then began again with sevens and eights. The second 

 hen's resting time was from end of November to February, she 

 was very regular, five each time. Had her year been taken from 

 March her total would have been larger. As a matter of fact, 

 bar the first hen Budgie and the Gouldians the seasons above are 

 just over the year from first egg to last young out of the nest. 

 I was away from January 1906 to February 1907, but am practi- 

 cally certain the eight is correctly credited as No. 1 hen had 

 ei"Jit eggs and No. 2 was resting when I left and rested at a 

 similar time the next year. Both hens were going strong when I 

 left for home in March 190S. The last broods before a rest were 

 a trifle undersized and not too good a yellow, but were strong 

 healthy little birds. 



The Zebras were the sole occupants of their kind of my small 

 old aviary, 14ft. by 4ft. by 6ft. high, but the aviary was chock- 

 a-block with other species when they brought off their first 

 brood, Rosellas. Red-rumps, Cockatiels, Budgies, Javas, Weavers 

 and lots of small birds. In the beginning of January I unfortun- 

 ately took out the hen by mistake. She was returned the next 

 day but the young were forsaken. 



The Meallies laid seven eggs each time, the last time the 

 whole were hatched, the other times only six hatched. The 



