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ami linall\' our cock drove o!l' the other aiul took possession of 

 the lien. Later on I paired o!T the other cock and again 

 proved my tlieories to D3 correct. Since these days I have 

 had pass tlirough my hands foi- longer or shorter periods Barn- 

 ard's, Many-coloured, Adelaide, Red-rumps, Blue Bonnets, and 

 Brown's among the Broad-tails, besides other Parrakeets, most 

 of which I still possess. I rapidly added to my series such 

 species as Black-cheeked (Agapornis nigrigenis), Blue-winged 

 (Psiltacula passerina), Grey-headed {Agapornis cana), Rosy- 

 faced (,4. roseicolUs), and Red-faced {A. pullaria) Lovebirds. 

 (I am aware that the Blue-winged Love)>ird is not a true Love- 

 bird), and lately I have been very foi'lunate in ol)taining a 

 true pair of (iiiiana Lovebirds {A. <jiii<nic)isi-;), but have 

 lost my Red-faced. Besides these I added Blossom -headed 

 Parrakeets (Palaeornis cyanocephala), and Indian Ring-neck 

 Parrakeets {P. torquaia). By this time I realised my aviary 

 was greatly overstocked, and, although every bird looked 

 the picture of health, I knew that breeding results must 

 sutler. But I had made up my mind to get in a stock of 

 birds, and then weed out the undesirables, and have constructed 

 a fresh series of aviaries. I may say that I no longer possess 

 Many -coloured, Brown's, or Blue Bonnets, for one 

 reason or the other, but that all the others are 

 living together in perfect amity at the present mo- 

 ment. At the same time I am feeling anxious about so 

 many Broadtails, and should they commence to breed there 

 would probably be troub'.e. My losses have been practically 

 nil, and I have lost nothing costing more than 7s. (id. a l)ird. 

 Parrakeets are, as far as my experience goes, hardy, interest- 

 in,i4', and easy to keep and feed. The brightness of their 

 phuiiage, tli(> (quickness of mov-emeiit, rapidity of flight, and 

 their almost human intelligence nuike them most fascinating. 

 But the ordei must be room, room, room! My aviary has a 

 carpet of beautiful grasses, and I ascribe the good health of 

 tl.ie Parrakeets largely to this. For they are all largely 

 grou.nd birds, and eat quantities of grass. Besides Parrakeets 

 I have a few odd birds in this aviary— birds in disgrace more 

 or less, such as Pekin Robins (4), Red-crested Cardinals {2), 

 Quail (2), and a pair oT Green Singing-finches (Serinus ict- 

 erus). The latter built, laid, and hatched out, and I think, 



