Brecdinn Ihr Liitcolalrd Pdrral'cct. '.]{)[) 



iullamiiKitiuii dl' the luii-'.^. I)iil the ntlici's iviiiaiii in tlir Ix'st of 

 lu-allli, and aiv I hope tli • Inundation ol' a Hock, wlii.'li may 

 wi'U prove 'a jo\ loi' vvrv." (ioiild I'onsidcrs tliat a Barn- 

 ard's piuina.iTc' can oul\ lie properly adinire(l when seen among 

 the dark roiia,i,^t' oT an Au-tialian I'oi-est. Hut beautiful as 

 tlie lurd no doulit is in his na!u-ai h('.ne, lie is hardly seen to 

 less advanta.^-e in lar dillVrent siu'roundin.^-s and under an 

 alien sky, esi'-cially when in eaidy sp^/in-^-, he is seeking- a 

 ne-ting sile among the lealless oaks: sweeping from tree to 

 tree in swilt, undula-ting llight, I'unning up and down the 

 branches, dropj)in,L; ,iiracejull\- irom linili lo linih now jiausing 

 Willi shoulders thrust foi'ward to utter his whistling eall-note 

 and display his lovely plumage to its Ijest advantage*; now, 

 his search for a moment ended, clinging with (luivci'ing tail 

 outside some promising hollow which needs his mate's inspec- 

 tion — turquoise aiul emerald, primrose and violet, he Hashes, 

 a living jewel, under the bright March sun. 



Breeding the Lineolated Parrakeets. 



(Bolhorh //)ichiis Jincolat iis) . 

 By Miss M. E. Baker. 



I am afi-aid I cannot say a great deal about this event 

 as I Avas away fi-om home during the greatei- })art of the 

 period. 



Jn i!)12 a good attempt to reproduce theii' kind v.-^as 

 nuide. but nothing came of it. 



As early as March they gave indications of going to 

 n(*st, and in late Api'il a clurch of ("J!:i!:.< was laid, one of 

 which hatt'hed out the middk' of May. a^d it lived till August 

 2ord, one day pre\-ious to my return home. 



The parents select(*d for their nest a vei'y lai'ge husk. 

 I cannot be sure; to a day wlien incul)ation commenced, hut 

 I believ( it lasted twenty-one days. Both l)ii'ds shai'ed i'l 

 the duties of incubation I think, at any I'ate, both were; con- 

 tinually in and out of the husk, and after the first fortnight 

 Vvoth sp,ent ni'aidy the whole of tlieii- time in the husk. 



Thi.> pair of liirds wei'e reinai'kalily tame, so nuich 

 so. that they did not come off when 1 took down tlie husk 

 to look in. 



