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congestion and effusion in the skull. The bird had 

 become very emaciated. 



GOULDIAN Finch. (Mr. Porteous). Acute double pneumonia, 

 combined with enteritis and jaundice was the cause of 

 death. The bird was well nourished. 



W. Gko. Creswei^t,. 



O^' gorrc6pondencc. 



SOAKED BREAD FOR PARRAKEETS WHEN 

 REARING YOUNG. 



Sir,— In your last number Dr. Creswell, in his "Story of 

 Bird-Death," tells us that he regards the practice of giving 

 soaked bread to Parrakeets when feeding young as a " mere 

 fad." As I have repeatedly used this food, and often advised 

 others to do so, I hope you will permit me to give my reasons 

 for.consideriug it extremely useful for rearing young Parrakeets. 



I have reared Cockatiels, Budgerigars and Redrumps in 

 numbers, and as I rarely if ever lost a young bird, I think I 

 have some reason to consider that my method of feeding was 

 not far wrong. 



When I first commenced with a pair of Cockatiels the first 

 brood consisted of five young birds. These were easily pro- 

 vided for for the first few days, but it was soon quite evident 

 from the behaviour of the parent Inrds that the dry seed and 

 green food supplied were not sufficient, and that they wanted 

 something more. When I approached the aviary they would 

 fly towards me and ask me, in the plainest manner, for some- 

 thing that could be more easily and rapidly converted into 

 suitable food for their hungry babes. 



I have always considered egg-food of all descriptions un- 

 suitable for Parrots ; and the same applies to milk-sop, except 

 in the case of the Brush - tongues, so I tried stale bread 



