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placed in an outdoor aviary; about the end of 

 February I found the Cockatiels liad gone to nest ; 

 they had five eggs ; three were hatched, one young one 

 died in the nest, the other two were reared to 

 maturity. During the time the Cockatiels were 

 breeding, there was constant trouble between them 

 and the Rosellas, which decided me that if I got an 

 ojffer for either the Cockatiels or Rosellas, I would part 

 with one pair, and as I could not guarantee that the 

 Rosellas were a pair, I sold the Cockatiels. 



Very soon after the Cockatiels had gone, I saw 

 that matters were going on all right with the Rosellas, 

 and that I had got a true pair. After a time the hen 

 laid five eggs in a large log that I had made into a 

 nest from the trunk of an apple tree ; she chipped 

 pieces off from the inside and laid her eggs on the 

 chips, and I am very pleased to say brought up all five 

 young ones, which are now flying about and feeding 

 themselves. There was always a day between each 

 bird leaving the nest, and the parents fed them for 

 about eight days after they had left the nest ; I found 

 them very wild, and liable to dash about when I went 

 into the aviary. The old ones look like going to nest' 

 again. The other birds in the aviary with them are 

 Budgerigars, Pekins, Javas, Red-headed Cardinals, 

 one Green Cardinal, one Bronze-necked Weaver, and 

 one young cock Canary. The Pekins were put into 

 this aviary a few weeks ago. Having had young 

 Canaries and young Zebras pecked about the head and 

 killed, most of my friends thought the Weavers were 

 the sinners, but I blamed the Pekins ; certainly since 

 I removed them I have not lost any more. 



The Yellow Budgerigars I separated the first few 

 months of the winter, but put them together at the 

 end of February. Since then I have ten young ones 

 flying about and feeding themselves, and they have 

 now five more in the nest. The young are all true to 



