Ai'iary Notes from the United States. 3 



T raised a male hybrid between a cock Green Cardinal and 

 a Red-crested. It is not a particularly attractive bird, but 

 perfectly healthy. It is brownish white on the breast, olive- 

 £^"reen on the back, and the crest and throat that are red in the 

 hen are dark brown with an olive tinge. 



A pair of Cockateels raised three young". They would 

 probably have done better, but a Brahminy Mynah was 

 removing" the eggs as fast as they laid them at the start. 



I had two pairs of T.eadbeater Cockatoos that had lived in 

 harmony for some years, but last spring one cock killed the 

 other, or at least bit off his bill at the base so that he died in a 

 few days. The hen apparently attempted to make a nest in a 

 log. scorning other conveniences jirovided, but she chose a very 

 hard piece of wood, and grew discouraged before it was finished. 

 Anyway the drainage facilities were bad, as it partially filled with 

 water when it rained. In the same compartment with the 

 Leadbeaters there was a male Pennant's and green hen 

 Alexandrine parrot. I'hey apparently mated, and the hen laid 

 three eggs, which she sat on assiduously, but they never 

 hatched. 



I used to raise quantities of Shell Parrakeets. What 

 the trouble is now T do not know. I have a fancy that the 

 aviary where they are has become infected, as in a new lot I 

 obtained direct from Australia the females almost all died and 

 the breeding results were nil. 



Two pairs of Bauer's Parrakeets, or rather I think there 

 is one hen and three cocks, showed no inclination to nest. 

 These birds are great bathers. They simply love to splash in 

 the water. They have the same habit as the Pennant of running 

 back and forth on their perches. 



I do not think tropical birds breed quite so easily in our 

 climate, as it is near New York, as they do in England. Our 

 winters are so cold that they must have heat in the aviary, 

 though I try to keep mine close to 50 degrees Fahrenheit, but 

 they are inclined to grow too fat in the winter, and though 

 apparently all right to look at, they seem to tire and pant with 



