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especially the female who was never seen to leave the box. ()\\ 

 August 9 I heard a young one scream, and on the loth two were 

 calling; I do not know when the tiiird was hatched. On the 6th 

 of September 1 found the smaller of the three young ones on the 

 floor of the cage. I returned it to the breeding box. Soon after 

 I saw the larger one lying on the floor. It is very likely that the 

 old birds had thrown them out of the box. I now removed the 

 nesting box entirely, thinking that the parents did not wish to 

 have them in there and fearing that, if I left them on the floor of 

 the cage and allowed the box to remain, the old ones would 

 remain in it and leave the young ones to perish. I therefore 

 constructed a nest of wood shavings for them on the bottom of 

 the cage and placed both young ones on it (the third one had 

 died in the meantime, perhaps of starvation) . The old ones 

 immediately sat near them and fed them well until the 17th of 

 September. 



On this day we departed from Vienna for Meran. The two 

 had already attained green wings and tails ; the older one also had 

 red feathers above the bill and on the under parts. I placed all 

 four in a transportation box supplied with shavings, and did not 

 allow them to leave my hands during the entire trip, which, how- 

 ever, only lasted twenty-four hours. They arrived very well in 

 Meran, but, alas ! the parents refused to feed the young. I now 

 fed them with shelled hemp, light bread and shelled and cut sun- 

 flower seed. All seemed well, but on the morning of the 23d 

 of September the younger one appeared as if dead. We warmed 

 it and fed it but the feet remained lax and motionless. At night 

 it was dead. It had a yellow blister in the throat. The oldest 

 one was lively and well. It moved about in the sun and ate 

 heartily. But on the eve of the 24th it was taken sick, presenting 

 similar symptons, and also died. The old ones remained well ; 

 they mated again on the 2nd of October. 



My female does not differ from the male either in the color 

 of the inner vane or in the distribution of the orange red ; I have 

 only noticed a difference in the fact that its head is round, while 

 that of the male is somewhat flattened ; further differences can 

 be noted in their ways, eyes and manner, which cannot be 

 described. The oldest young one had already attained many 



