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will proceed with : 



Venture No. 15. 



Broody: Cross Silky and Belgian. Sitting 9 Common Pheasants. 



I addled. 



8 hatched. 



Siibbcquently lost two, one through a pig breaking into the field 

 and overturning the coop 1 Remainder are now practically independent. 



Venture No. 16. 



Broody : White Silky. Sitting 8 Quail, (purchased), 2 Kalige (my 

 own. This was the other call made by the stoat referred to above: 



He annexed on this occasion 4 Quail, and i Kalige. 

 This broody, save for half an hour every morning, is com- 

 pletely shut in in a coop that fastens down with a flap in 

 front. 



She always comes off as soon as I leave after raising 

 the flap and she very much resents the presence of anyone 

 when oft the nest, I always allow her half an hour or so to 

 herself, and liave always found her back on the nest on my 

 return, so the stoat could not have wasted much time in getting 

 to work ! 



This, with the •exception of three broodies still incu- 

 bating clutches of guinea fowls is my last venture and in- 

 somuch as I have already lost half the sitting, it at best cannot 

 prove a very successful one. The eggs are due to hatch 

 tomorrow ( 1 8th July)* So I will add a foot-note as to the 

 result. 



But apart from this lot the results of the season's work 

 are as follow : 



TABLE OF RESULTS. 



Apart from the above my pair Californian Quail 

 hatched out 8 of 1 2 eggs, and all the remaining four eggs 

 contained dead chicks almost due to liatch. 1 have also found 



*l8tb July.— Eggs have not latched this morning I 



