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Correspondence. 



HISTORy OF THE BUDGERIGAR. 



Sir, — IVIsy I correct some misprints and misplacements, which I 

 notico in the different instalments of the " History of the Budgerigar." 

 Tlie first are of minor importance but some of the second make those 

 potions of the article, which they mar, difficult to follow even by 



• Yours faithfully, 



THE WRITER. 



CORRlUIiSDA. 



I'age 68, line i6, for " Batcherrygah " read " Betchtcherrygah." 

 Page 69 line 14, for " Nanodeg " read " Nanodes." 



I'agt' 130, line 10, omit the asterisk, as the footnote to which it refers 



is absent, not, I hopKi, blue pencilled as noxious. [The footnote 



wa« not b/ue pencilled, but went astray someho.v. — Lu]. It is as 



follows : " It will be remembered how much more numerous cocks 



were than hens both among imported and the earlier aviary bred 



birds. — E.H." 



I'aij'' I'l. the small print commencing with line 15 was written as a 

 foot-note, and should have been printed as such ; it refers to the 

 asterisked words " Blue Budgerigars " in line 13. As printed, the 

 passage can only read as the commencement of my quotation from 

 M.-. Millsum's ' Bird Notes'" article, whereas this quotation really 

 begins with the August instalment, page 20c. 



I'age 202. first foot-note. Thi> should have been on the previous page 

 a^ i'. refers to paragraph four there. .Second foot-note, correctly 

 placed, a? it refers to line i of this page, but the note needs 

 ail asterisk to indicate its reference. 

 Gambia, 28-9-'! 6. 



THE SEASON, 1916. 



Sir, -Our bird.; have not done badly tliis year, for we have had 

 Ncry little time to give to them. The Gouldian Finches are in superb 

 fyrn\ but as far cs I can see they have buf two youngsters- among 

 i\\:- lot of them. 



Vh'- T'urple Sunbirds constructed a flimsy nest in an upturned 

 broom the three cgg> fell down through the hairs of it. I tried 

 ti pi<-!. ihr.T up 2nc s»:f.j:or! the nest j bit, the hrn sat patiently 

 for week', and weeks on the place whfre she Laid :kcm ! Of cojric it was 

 ill wa~ted effi/r;. 



(Mrs.) E. SCOTT. 



