220 Correspondence. 



Anothkr Cross-mating : An odd Indian Kin<i--ncok mated tip witli my 

 Quaker Parrakeet hen, hut there lias hcen no result therefrom. They huilt 

 a Inic hirf;e nest (Quaker Parrakeet-type) in the old place, hut although they 

 mated up satisfactorily, there was no result, neither were there any dro])ped 

 ep^g;S. They had an aviary to themselves, so cannot account for it. 



The Horseheld's Whistlin^'-Thrush is sti'l " .qoinn^ strontj," hut at present 

 he is in the moult. 



We have hantl-reared a nest (four) of Jays: all of these are very fit and 

 doing well. Thcv were very little trouble to rear and are easily kept birds 

 if given a v.aried dietary, wliicli is easily done. 

 Lower llournc, Farnhaiii, September 2ist, iqi*;. C. I^. CROKER. 







1919 NESTING NOTES. 



Sir, — It may interest my fellow- members to hear the result of breeding 

 successes in my aviary this year. 



Several young Diamond Doves fully reared, and jiareiil birds incubating 

 another clutch of eggs. 



Several young Bengalese fully reared. 



One young Rosella Parrakeet iuWy reared. 



My Rosellas went to nest, and the whole clutch of five eggs were duly 

 hatched out. One of the young, several days younger than the others, died 

 when about a month old ; when si.x weeks old two others, fully feathered, died ; 

 of the remaining two one was crippled and had to be destroyed ; the other duly 

 1-eft the nest and is doing well. I can't make out why the other two died. 

 It it usual for them to slay in the nest so long? * Perhaps they could not 

 get out. The nest-box was rather large and deep. T fed them on soaked 

 bread, crushed oats, hemp, millet, ;uid can;irv seeds. The two that died 

 seemed quite strong, well developed birds. 



I have now (August 22nd) got a RulUhich just hatched out (is it not 

 very late for them ?) and two young ones. 

 Elm House. Nantwich. MRS. M. A. SPROSTON. 



* The age of leaving the nest is about normal, and 1 do not consider the 

 nest-box the cause of death, as when inclined tiiey would be alile to climb out. 

 Should say disease was cause of death, even though the young birds were 

 plump.- -En. 



AN T-:SCAPED RIN(i-NECK PARRAKEET. 



Sir, — It may interest some member to know that, last Wednesday, 

 October 8th, at about 4-30 p.m., I heard a strange, but familiar bird cry high 

 overheard ; looking \.\\~> I recognised what was obviously a Ring-neck P.arrakeet 

 flying very fast, and some 200-300 feet high in a westerK direction : i.e. over 

 Eton and towards Maidenhead. Probably the bird has now been caught, 

 and this notice may ])ossibly come under llie eye of the finder or loser of 

 the bird. 



(Dr.) MAURICE AMSLER. 



