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casualties took place at an early age. The last brood were hardly 

 Up to the mark, but I think that was owing to the old cock turn- 

 ing nasty. The hen thought she had done her duty for the 

 present, but the cock did not see it and began to harry the young, 

 two of which did succumb soon after. Then he went for small 

 birds and was hastily removed, not before he damaged several 

 Gouldiaus and Zebras. I tried him with the old hen next door 

 who adored him, and to whom he seemed rather partial while she 

 was next door, but he nearly killed her, so I removed her. His 

 ardour soon cooled and I gave him his old hen again and they 

 lived happily without attempting to nest till the beginning of 

 190S, when I moved them about as I did not want them to 

 start then. 



The Gouldiaus had one failure to rear young after the first 

 nest, but three successful broods leaves little to be desired, 

 especially as one pair that year had quite half-a-dozen attempts, 

 all without success. Two other pairs also did well, one getting 

 eight (five and three), the other one lot of five, but this last pair 

 was taken in after the second attempt and a beast of a musk rat 

 injured the hen. 



One pair of Green Budgies liad thirty-four in the 3'ear and 

 two other pairs were not far behind. The first pair sat wonder- 

 fully well, not deserting eggs when the nest was moved (with the 

 hen inside) to the new aviary. Budgerigars may be common 

 stuff, but the young are always interesting, though inclined to be 

 mischievous. They certainly do fill up the aviary, but they pa}' 

 the seed bills and a bit over, which is a great consideration, so 

 on my return, rough new aviaries are going to be run up for 

 their benefit. 



