60 Editorial. 



" In all cases tlie iiirds had apj) ircntly exercised care m the 

 " selection ol the site. All colonies found in treci (with the exception 

 "of 5) were in Kathii or Zee. hoth of them tliorny, and must unpleasant 

 "to deal with. (M tlic live eKceptions, four were huilt in thornless 

 trees> whicli contained hornets' nests, a:Kl the Hfth wis in a tree in- 

 tested by a very large ani with a fearsome bit(;. My inan liad a 

 " badly swollen hand as the result ol getting eggs from the last colony." 

 I found one or two cluti hes ol three eggs, say 5 per cent., but th& 

 "great majority were two only. J he nest reminds one more of that of 

 " a Munia than a P/orciis." 



" In grass, 1 only found 3 or 4 nests together, but in trees the 

 " tolonies nunibere<l up to 13 or 15 nests, usailly 8 or )o. " I found 

 3 or 4 nests containing young, but the greater number contained 

 fresh, eggs; in s(jme, laying lial not been commenced." 



The Green AvAI).A^•A^ {StictospJza formosa). — 

 writing of the occurrtMne of this species at Lahore 

 in '■ J.B.N .fi.S'.," Air. A. J. Curric brietl)- ref-rs to the nest 

 as follows : 



" I ha\e only found its nest in the Laurence (lardcns on the 

 " 24th and 28th .August, in e\ergreens, one nest i)eing siuialed in a 

 "smaller fir tree, and the other four I found being so far as i can 

 " remember, all in the same tree, a prickly evergreen (Aureicola). . . . 

 "Six eggs appear to be the full clutch as I found this number on: two 

 " occasions." 



Correspondence. 



BREEDING BLUE BKDGERUIARS. 



Sir, — The following extract from a letter, whu h I have received 

 from Mr.. A. Fulford, of Devon, m ly interest you. " 1 ha\e bred tiv^ 

 "Blue Budgerigars tliis year (tcji'ii, one of whu h with four lireens in. 

 "same nest, were quite blind (these Irom a pair ot (Irccn^i; and four 

 "otlieri from a Blue hen that I biel from (ircens m 1915. i'hiee of 

 " the Blues with three Greens I hive deposited at the Zoo ; tlie other 

 " BiUa I h:i\c ic a c;i{.e " 



The above may prove of generaf I'nteresr. 



,f. W". -MAKSDEN. 



[Details of the parentage of above birds will be found on page 

 234 of "Bird Notes" for 1916.— En]. 



