Mr. T?a//>/nr's Ariari/ at TIn:('h'i<ih T?crfnri/. ;]]') 



Koko " from Iic-u'iiii,'- me (litis address my fenialo Meyer's, but 

 I have many Imiidrcd Ijini's rcpc^ated to him " Pobhy's a pretty 

 luiy." willioul (dicitiiiir any re=!ponse whatcvor. PTe g-onerally 

 i,^'^!'!,^ my (Mmnciatioii of this sentonce with a low whistle, twice 

 re|i(\'il('il. (>^■idently willi tlic idea o^ iiii]ii'i'ssiim- on mo tliat he 

 is " nol takin.i,'- any lo-day." Bui, r(>!ni-nin,q- to tlio sulvjcft of 

 my aviary. I will uive a list of all its inmates. Tn the part 

 dexdlei! to rar'-ak:M''s ar(> nine g-reen Budgerigars (MrJopsUfa- 

 ciis undulaUis), six being young birds bred here, two pairs 

 of Oockatiels {Calopsitfacus nova>-hoUmi(Ju(') which have not so 

 far reproduced their kind, and a very fin" an T brilliant pair 

 of Arealy Rosellas (Plafi/rrrrus pill'dr rp ■). (he I'on of which 

 lia> tliricc laid Ihn'.' eggs, but of those one only, of tlie last 

 balcli pi'oved fertile, the resulting youngster 1>eing assidu- 

 ously lei until it died. 1 extract the fol'owing from my diary: 

 "10 July 1!U3. Heard sounds of Young Parrakeets rMealy 

 R.osellasj in large barrel in shelter. " 11th Ju'y, 1913, sounds 

 louder. Cock goes to barrel to feed hen. Cock is very keen 

 on green:food, especially seed-heads of Calendula." '"18th 

 July, 1913, hen Mealy off nest a good deal." " li)th July, 

 1913. hen off altogether now, so I looked in barrel, and found 

 ono young one, plump, but dead and cold. Feathers on wings 

 were just showing .blue." As the parents had access to every 

 likely food (including. ',' Cecto," which they wouldn't touch), I 

 can only suppose that thC; fata,lity was due to the comparatively 

 cold \v(>ather then prevailing. Since the last-mentioned date 

 (July IDtli), both parents have been moulting, which seems, 

 Willi them I'ather a slow process, as they have not finished even 

 now, mid -September, and of course, have not gone to nest 

 again. 



In the Finch Aviary I have two pairs each of: 



Cordon Bleus (Estrilda phoenicoti^), and 



Zebra Finches {Taaniopygia castanotis). 

 and pairs of the following: 



Ciouldian Finches (Poephila mirahilis).* 



Ruiicaudas (Eafhilda ruficauda). 



Masked Grasstinches (Poephila personata). 



Green Avadavats (Stictospiza formosa). 



*There isonlv one species vawWy.wi .iionld'Kf. the others are merely 

 varieties and not specifically (listiiR't. thouirb tiiey liave erroneously been 

 tfiven specific names. — Ed. 



