190 Breeding of Red-collared Lorikeets. 



simultaneously with the New Year, and they left the barrel 

 two months later. The young birds were very timid at first, 

 and I noticed that the parents each took charge of one special 

 baby, and if the wrong one happened to be next the cock 

 he would not feed it, but flew to where the other one was— 

 — 1 witnessed this pretty and interesting tableau many times. 



From the? time the young left the nest I began to make 

 their food a little sloppy, but whenever they started to cat 

 •canary seed I imade it drier, as this contributes to a cleaner 

 •cage . 



The young birds are much smaller than their parents, 

 but are beautifully coloured and growing daily. 



When I came out to: the country in April I separa- 

 ted the young fro,!!! their parents, and put the latter in the 

 qompartment in the bird-room which they occupied last year; 

 it is fitted up similarly to the aforementioned cage, and, as 1 

 write (June 30) they have two more young birds, about three 

 weeks old, in the barrel. 



I consider they are very easily reared; in fact, I do 

 nothing but give them plenty to eat and leave them to them- 

 selves, and I have been wonderfully successful with them. 



The nest barrel is surprisingly clean when taken down 

 after the young have flown, as, even though it contained plenty 

 of sawdust, the parent birds must have done some cleaning up. 



1 have also noticed that this wet cold summer does not 

 seem to interfere with their nesting, as it does with canaries. 



Pheasant Rearing Under "Broodies." 



By (iERALD E. Rattigan. 



1 think my e.vperiences this season in the gentle art 

 ■of raising Pheasants, etc., with the aid of " broodies," of 

 various shapes and sizes, may he instructive to the novice, 

 at all events in teaching him or her "some" of the many 

 pitfalls that lie in wait for the unwary. I do not remember 

 to have seen any article dealing with this subject in our r/nga- 

 zine, though I feel sure one, from the many members of our 

 club, who have expert knowledge upon the matter, vvoul i be 



