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lians iPlatycermiae). They are not climbers, but perchers and flyers; 

 untameable, and neve:- reconciled to close confinement. Moreover their 

 exquisite colours can only be properly appreciated when they arc 

 on the wing. In the tropics 1 have kept Rosellas, Pennants, Kings, 

 and Barnards together, in perfect amity, in a flight cage, seven 

 feet high and ten feet long, furnished with plenty of boughs and 

 twigs, and two pots of a dark leaved shrub, which they did. not 

 damage. To keep them either singly or paired, in an ordinary 

 parrot-cage, is — well, not humane. PSITTACUS. 



L.CBA SHOW. 



Sir.— In your notes of the lecent bird show at the Horticul- 

 tural Hall, you have, 1 th'nk, misquoted me. The specimen of the 

 Masked Parrakeat (Pyrrhulopsis personata) was entered correctly 

 under its proper name. The bird entered as' "Rare Rosella, cock," 

 which some visitors deemed to be a hybrid, but I believe it is 

 really an unusually dusky specimen of the Yellow-bellied Parrakeet of 

 Tasmania {Platycercus favivevtris) * Also Mr. Ezra's Lutino Ring- 

 necked Parrakeet was a,n absentee. (Rev.) G. H. RAYNOR. 

 Hazeleigh Rectory, 23/12/' 12. 



BREEDING OF THE BLUE BUDGERIGAR IN ENGLAND. 



Sir.— My hen went to nest on Monday, October 21st, 1912. 

 She slept in the log for the first time on October 31st and sat very 

 steadily. I did not look in the log but left her entirely alone, as I 

 do not believe in interfering with ne ting birds. On November 20th 

 I heard young in the nest— (November 29th, temperature in aviary 

 32 degrees; November 30th, tempera'.ure 28 degrees). 



I first saw the young on Thursday, December 12th — two fine 

 bird.s left the log on December 31st and are now flying. My aviary 

 is an outside unheated sti'uctare facing north and east. 

 January 6th, 1913. C. PELHAM SUTTON. 



STRAY NOTES. 



SiK. — It may be of some little interest if I give a few stray facts con- 

 cerning my birds. 



My Budgerigars celebrated the season by hatching out a brood about 

 11-45 p.m., on December 31st. 



My Black-cheek and Madagascar Lovebirds are busily incubating and 

 almost due to hatch. 



My birds in the outside aviary have done very well during the wet, 

 windy and muggy weather wp have been experiencing, but I should say 

 their aviary is well sheltered, tliough the temparature has fallen as low as 

 32 degrees F. in it. The Paradise Whydahs, and Diamond Sparrows are 

 very fit and in grand plumage ; the Redstart also did not mind the cold but 

 unfortunatly she succumbed to the mice. My Blue, Marsh and Cole Tits 

 agree well with the other birds (they have been in the mixed series for 15 



*Mi'. t)- Seth-Smith has kindly sent a postcard confirming- this. 



