Editorial. 2ll 



entirely hidden wlien sitting — the site is well chosen, as though 

 the past week has been more or less rainy, some of the showers 

 being very heavy, and of considerable duration, the nest was 

 quite dry when first discovered (evening of June 27), 

 the foliage of the liaAvthorn though not dense, evidently throw- 

 ing oft the rain, as well as providhig shade for the sitting 

 bird. Of course my hopes are high, but eggs are but a step 

 towards young birds on the wing. Tliree young birds were 

 hatched on July 7th and were still living two days later. 



Painted Finches {Emhlema 'picta) : Our esteemed 

 member Mr. H . W. Mathias has young of this icharming 

 species on the wing — also Ruticauda and Olive Finches, with 

 many others busily engaged in the duties of incubation, or 

 feeding young. 



Black-ciiekk Lovebirds and GeeeiX Jjudgeuigak 

 Hybkids: Our esteemed member Mrs. Higghibotham has four 

 young of the above cross hatched out and doing avcU. The 

 male of a pair of Black-cheeks forsook his own inate and 

 paired up with the Budgerigar. [Seven eggs were duly laid, 

 of which fou)' duly hatched out, both parents shared the duties 

 of incubation. The Black -cheeis: feeds the Budgerigar on the 

 nest, but has not been seen to enter the nest receptacle since 

 the hatching of the young. There are pairs of Rosella and 

 Alexandrine Parrakeets in the aviary, but, neitiier dare go 

 near the nest while the Black -cheek is in the vicinity. Mrs. 

 Higginbotham also repoits a young Yellow Budgerigar from 

 Green parents. 



An Anngyinq but Unusual Episode: Our esteemed 

 member Capt. G. Eice, relates the following concerning one of 

 his aviaries. This aviary contained a rather mkxed lot pf 

 Parrakeets, which had paired up in an interesting way: fied- 

 Eosella with Yellow -collar — Stanley with Barnard — there were 

 several other Parrakeets, odd birds which had not paired at 

 all. Inadvertently a small door in this aviary was left open 

 and the whole of them were soon on the top of the house, 

 and were flying from one chimney to another, probably looking 

 for a nesting place, as they kept peering down the chimneys 

 then one and another would disappear down a chimney and 

 come up again — I hoped to capture them again when they M'ere 

 hungry— very shortly however, the cock Stanley appeared in 



