for him quite a reasonable price if I fetched it from I.ahore or 

 took my chance of it being unsold when he came up. I like a 

 fool told liini to keep it for me atastififish price, when it would 

 have cost little more to have sent down for it. In about two 

 mouths I wrote asking when I might expect the bird and was 

 told that it had been " expended " long ago. Expended in 

 this case, as I afterwards found out, meant sold. 



I have paid no more visits to Calcuttn, but have been very 

 fortunate in having friends on visits and so, through the re- 

 peated kindness of Mr. Ezra, have been able to replenish my 

 stock from time to time. I have also done a certain amount of 

 shopping, but I think it is time this article was brought to a 

 close, at any rate for the present. If Mr. Editor wishes, I will, 

 another time give more of my experiences, adding some 

 breeding results and selling transactions, except that I am 

 apt to lose my temper when thinking too much of these 

 latter. Bird collecting excursions from a trapper's point of 

 view, I am suie would be of interest to many (liowever badly 

 written), ])ut that must wait for some time to allow me to 

 collate my experiences for the year. 



Stuav) mestmo H^otcs for 1907. 



By Mrs. H. Bromet. 



I have been asked to write an account of the nests in my 

 outdoor aviary, but this last summer is the worst year I have 

 ever experienced, and I have only reared two young birds. 



Out of the seven Gouldians I bred in 1906, only two hens 

 remain ; the others seemed to be seized with a kind of paralysis 

 when getting the adult plumage. They were in a heated 

 aviary, and there seemed to be no cause for it. Mj- two old 

 Gouldian cocks came through the moult beautifully, and 

 finding I had a hen from each nest, I was able to pair them 

 with the unrelated cock birds. They examined all the nest 

 boxes, but never seemed anxious to nest, though they are 

 liveh', healthy birds. After November, I put them into a 

 three division Crystal Palace cage ; this I always do until the 

 winter is over. I have had a great many Gouldians, and Ida 



