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Dove. Aurita : Have only possessed one pair, which I only kept 

 for tlirpf ye;irs, and as they showed no signs of going to nest, I made 

 exchange- of tlieni with an avicultural friend for otlicr species. 



DovEj AijiYRALiAN CRESTED. : These are charming and long-lived 

 Mrds, though some pairs are a little difficult to establish. They are fairly 

 prolific breeders, but after rearing two broods, I parted with all of them, 

 owing to them being rather large, for my, then, limited accommodation. 



Do\E. Bar-Shouldered. I procured a young pair of new arrivals of 



this species, they proved to be two males, and also very quarrelsome indeed 



to the other Doves in the aviary, so I took an early opportunity of 



getting rid of them. ' ' , . 



Dove, Bakh.nry, Turtle. — These are too well known to be worth 



space, they are long-lived and as hardy and prolific as domestic Pigeons, 



but realK 1 only kc-pt them as foster parents to incubtite the eggs of 



rare specia^ of Doves, some of whom make very indififerent parents in 



captivity. 



Editorial. 



A Success and a Disaster : Mrs. Stanley Gardiner 

 (Cambridge), reports the successful rearing of two broods of 

 Sydney Waxbills {A. temporalis), but after t'hey were all 

 independent of tbeir parents, all the young except one, also 

 some other birds, were found lying dead in the flight, mostly 

 with one leg pulled right out from the socket. Owls of some 

 species were undoubtedly the culprits, most probably Little 

 Owls. The wire netting of flight is % inch mesh. An outer 

 course of one inch mesh netting, six inches distant from 

 the small mesh netting, would make the aviary secure from 

 owls or other similar vermin. It is most disheartening to 

 succeed and then to lose the young birds so tragically. We 

 congratulate our niember on her success; not many Sydneys 

 are bred in captivity, and also symipathise with her re the 

 sad triitedy. i 



Breeding Bramble-Fi.n-ciies : Mr. W. E. Suggitt 

 (now at the front) reports that in his brother's (Mr. R. 

 Suggit) aviary, a fair nuinlbor of the freely imported species 

 were successful! >- reared this past season, also that three 



