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Vom nice young- Black-faced l.ove1)ir(ls have been fully reared and are 

 now very fine and handsome birds. 



Last season ( i()i()) I had very good luck with Peach-faced Lovebirds 

 (Agaponiis roscicollis ), but this season have had no luck at all with this 

 species, most probablv owing to mv having three jjairs in the same aviary. 

 ']"he\ have nested and hiitched out cjuite a lot of chicks, none of which have 

 been reared. Thev piroved very combative and interfered considerably with 

 each other's nests, and I think only one pair of such quarrelsome species 

 should l)e kept in each enclosure. 



i have had (juite a prolific season with Cireen and Yellow Budgerigars. 



No luck with finches or doves — Diamond Doves have nested several 

 times, but, owing to the nests being placed in very awkward positions, the 

 eggs were ujjset out of their very small nests — I hope for better luck with 

 them next season. 



Luton, SepteiTiber 8, 1917. T. HEBB. 



BREEDING BLUE BUDGERIGARS. 



Sir. — /v*!- mv article in Se]nend)cr tqt6 Bird Notes on lireeding Blue 

 Budgerigars: I should like to add thereto, as it may be of interest to members 

 and especiallv to those who h;ive bought my young birds. 



This vear 1 turned into the breeding aviary all the young birds, except 

 those from the jiale yellow hen and the half 1)lue-half green (first cross) ; I am 

 not breeding from these l)irds this year, because, as far as my experience g;oes, 

 I find vou cannot get blue from blue-bred greens until the third generation 

 of inbreeding to one particular blue bird; even from a blue and a half l)red I 

 do not think vou can breed a 1)Iue, but their young paired together would be 

 nearlv sure to throw some Blues. 



Last ve.ir a cock jiaired to his half sister bred three blue ones in each 

 nest, and this same cock's two nest brothers paired with two half blue-half 

 green hens (first cross) and not related produced only green young this year, 

 some of these young ,-ire lireeding Blues. 



I have not reared any Blues from my Blue birds this year (each paired 

 to a green, of course blue bred), several, which I think would have been blue 

 died in the husk. The three young- Blues flying are from three different pairs 

 of greens, out of seven pairs of greens ; three pairs have bred a Blue and four 

 ])airs have bred ,dl Greens. One of the three pairs has four young in the husk 

 now, ail nines (\ am very anxious about them). I have had a bit of bad luck. 

 for yesterday morning T found the Blue cock dead ; there are four young in his 

 nest, too young yel to tell colours. 1 hoi-)e the hen will bring them up. 



Harrogate, Se].leml>er 2j. 1Q17. JOHN W. MARSDEN. 



