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Correspondence. 



BREEDIxNG RED-COLLARED LORIKEETS. 



Sir,— I have been very successful with my Red-collared Lorikeets 

 {Trichoglossus rubritorqiies) again. At New Year time I had a tine 

 young pair liatched out. I fed exactly as on the occasion of my pre- 

 vious success, except that no green food was given. They nested in 

 a barrel, and were in a large cage, three feet square ai base by six 

 feet high, and it was as easy as rearing canaries, for I did nothing 

 but, keep them well supplied with food. 



MISS E. G W PEDDIE WADDELL. 

 Slamannan, i7-6-'i6. 



[It would be of great interest if M!sf Peddie VVaddel) would kindly 

 write an account of her success, for publication in this journal.— Ed.J 



PRODUCING A BLUE BUDGERIGAR, ETC. 



, Sir, — I am pleased to report that I have at last bred a Blue 



Budgerigar. It was produced by a pair of Greens which I bred, the 

 hen in 1914, and the cock in 191 5, both from: a green hen (three eighths; 

 Blue, three eighths Green and one quarter Yellow). 



I boughit a few days ago a cock, which was yellow on face, crown 

 of head very dark green, very little yellow on back and not as much 

 as .normal on wings, the two long feathers in tail white, with the excep- 

 tion that the tips for three quarters of an inch were blue, other pans 

 green. I also bought two yellow cocks, one with blue tail, the othei 

 darker in tail and the blue extending over the rump. 



1 used to think that Blues were bred from Greens, though I had 

 heard and read that Yellows were used to breed them, and these last 

 make me think they may have been. 



Harrogate, i8-6-'i6. JOHN W. MARSDEN. 



[I', would be of general interest if Mr. Marsden would kindly 

 write an article, givmg all possible details of the above most interest- 

 ing) event, for publication in this Journal.— Ed.] 



NESTING OF YELLOW-WINGED SUGARBIRDS, ETC. 



Sir, — You will be interested t o hear that my V^ellow-winged Sugar- 

 bird hatched two young ones on Thursday last, and is a most devoted 

 mother She only uses live food, will not look at ant's eggs or fruity 

 but catches all sorts of small insects, and, to-day has added tiny metal - 

 worms to the menu. I " sweep " for her several times a day, and shei 

 quite understands and scrambles about the net pecking over the contents 

 as soon as it is brought into the aviary. The cock accompanies her 

 and drives otY other birds but takes no share in feeding or incubating) 



