178 FEATHERED FRIENDS. 



which she was inconsolable : I had introduced a 

 fine cock Budgerigar to her, but she would have nothing 

 to say to him, nor, I must admit, did he evince any 

 great desire to form a better acquaintance with her. 



The time of year was favourable, and the birds were 

 to all appearance healthy, so that I am utterly at a 

 loss to account for their premature death, no less than 

 I am to offer any plausible explanation of the accident 

 that befell the male. 



Scientific name: Euphema bourkii. 



