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a hot weather resort, and cold was not the word for it. 

 There was one fireplace in the house, but of course the 

 baby had to have that. However, a lamp at night 

 took the outside chill off, and the Gouldians kept very- 

 fit. Roomier cages were again knocked up with ease 

 compared with the Chitral ones, and nest-boxes were 

 again unfortunately provided, though I knew we 

 should get back to Bakloh in April or May. On the 8th 

 February the Blacks had three eggs, and out of the 

 four eggs which I counted on the 22nd, two hatched 

 on the 24th. On the 25th a curious thing happened ; 

 about eight in the morning I found an egg on the 

 floor and did not get a chance to return it, as I did not 

 want to disturb the nest for what I made sure would 

 be a bad egg; about seven in the evening I thought I 

 would see if it were fertile. I broke it and found a 

 live chick, which I promptly returned to the nest. On 

 the ist March there were three live young birds and 

 one egg, which latter I took out ; it had been fertile but 

 was addled. My rescued young one had evidently lived. 

 On the 7th all three were still alive, one much smaller 

 than the other two. About the 3rd the weather, which 

 before had been bright and sunny though cold, turned 

 perfectly beastly, and on the 9th I found two of the 

 young, one dead and the other nearly dead on the 

 floor (which soon died), and the third very cold and 

 miserable in the nest. The survivor kept on 

 scrambling out of the nest, so I put the box on the 

 floor and supplemented the nest. The cock got 

 furious with the hen ; both fed the youngster well but 

 would not nestle him, and he died on the nth March. 

 Meanwhile the Red-heads had some eggs, but did not 

 settle down properly. The hen was treated for egg 

 binding and fortunately gave up all idea of nesting for 

 a bit. On 25th March the blacks had another egg, 

 when this hen also got egg bound. The egg yielded 

 to treatment, but she got egg-bound again next day 

 and she succumbed. At the end of April, when we 



