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the foot, a cock Nonpareil Bunting which had been taken from

another aviary in a nearly dead condition. It picked up wonderfully,

but died quite suddenly and unexpectedly about three weeks after¬

wards.


Several birds have been temporarily housed there and been

completely restored to health. Eventually they have been returned

to their respective aviaries.


It would be ridiculous to include one or two birds that were

brought into this aviary in a moribund condition and died within

twelve hours. At the same time it would not be conducive to main¬

taining the standard of health among its proper inmates.


I have taken just typical cases among the small birds, and

of course omitted several aviaries for one reason or the other, but

certainly not because they in any way either prove or disprove my

contentions.


I will just say a word about parrakeets. I possess a good

number, consisting of Bed-faced, Peach-faced and Black-cheeked

Love-birds ; several species of Platycercus ; one species (4 specimens)

of Psephotus ; several examples of Conures, Pa.lceornis and Brotogerys,

and the usual bevy of Budgerigars and Cockatiels. My large Parra-

keet Aviaries are easily classed for the purposes of this paper, as in

one there is a very small shelter but plenty of eaves. In this aviary

it would be absolutely impossible to drive the birds in as the small

shelter has no door nor could it contain half the birds.


The other aviary has a good shelter, can be warmed if neces¬

sary, and the birds are shut in at nights and on very bad days.


In rhe first aviary were Bed Bosellas, Passerine Parrakeets

(Blue-winged Lovebirds), Bedrumps, Black-cheeked Lovebirds, All-

Green, Tovi and Indian Bing-necked Parrakeets, Cactus and Half¬

moon Conures. Both Bedrumps, both Passerine, the All-Green and

Tovi Parrakeets died.


In the other aviary there are Bed-faced Lovebirds (in a slip),

All-Green (six), Canary-wing and Orange-flanked Parrakeets (in a

slip), Pennant’s (two), Mealy Bosella (one), Banded and Malabar

and Plumhead (three), Parrakeets, Peach-faced Lovebirds, Speckled

Conures and Passerine Parrakeets. There have been no losses here

this winter at all.



