2 Ai'iary Notes from flic United States. 



Once they were estal^lislied my birds were no trouble, and 

 were ahvays in spick and span condition. They had access to 

 milk-so|), ripe fruit, and insectile mixture, and took freely of 

 all tlu-ee; while of mealworms and other insects they would 

 simi)lv take as many as you cared to supply. 



I saw a specimen at Mr. ]\lillsum's some years ag"o. 

 housed in a large cage with Blue, Superb, Black-cheeked, and 

 other Tanagers, some six or more species, and all lived together 

 in ])erfect harmony. 1 should add all these birds were males. 



It ranges over Ciuiana, Wnezuela, Colombia, Ecuador. 

 Peru, and Bolivia. 



Aviary Notes from the United States. 



By W. H. Browning. 



The mating results in my aviary last summer were quite 

 meagre, and I presume it is rather late to send them in now. 



We raised two Red Rosellas from one pair in a Berlepsch 

 'log nest, all they apparently hatched. Another pair laid tive 

 eggs in a wooden box, but on inspection later we found one 

 dead bird and an egg in each corner. There appears to be no 

 use placing sawdust or decayed wood in a box that is flat on the 

 bottom, as the parrot family scratch the sawdust in the corner^ 

 and lay their eggs on the bare wood, with the result that they 

 roll from under the bird and are not hatched. 



A pair of Australian Crested Doves raised four young in 

 two broods. The cocks killed one of them recently, preparatory 

 to nesting again. It is the nature of these birds to scatter their 

 young by persecution, and tliey should have 1)een removed. 



A drey and a White Java Sparrow raised an assorted 

 family of tive. Zebra fmches were as usual fairly prolific, but 

 whether 1 raise all males or the females die, I seem to come our 

 at the end of the season with the male sex largely in the 

 majority. 



