On Nesting of the Yellow-rumped Parrakeet . 353


NESTING OF THE YELLOW-RUMPED PARRAKEET.


Platycercus flaveolus.


By Wm. R. Fasey, F.Z.S.


My pair of Yellow-rumps have at last succeeded in rearing

one young one, which is now capable of looking after itself; two

left the nest, but from some unaccountable reason one died soon

after.


I believe Yellow-rumps to be rare, and the one at the Zoo

is the only one I know of besides my pair. I obtained mine in

1901, and in 1903 they first nested, and hatched two young ones

which died in about two weeks ; probably through neglect on

the part of the old birds. I think the fact of their being so wild

had something to do with it. Even now they are as wild as any

bird I have.


Four eggs were laid early in June; young were hatched,

as near as I can tell, in twenty days, and left the nest (half a

cocoanut husk cemented in a square box) when about a mouth

old. The young ones are marked exactly like the old ones, but

the colours are much less brilliant; the black spots 011 the

yellow ground of the old ones are only just disceruable on the

young, and instead of the bright yellow ground colour a

greenish hue exists. I11 other respects I am unable to see any

difference.


The old birds are like Pennants in build, manner and

marking, and excepting for the difference in the ground colour

the two species seem to be identical. The plate in Parrakeets is

an excellent one, and exactly corresponds to my old pair.


If any of our members care to see the young one, or other

birds of mine, I shall be delighted to show them.



TARPACOTI DOVES BREEDING IN CAPTIVITY.


The Talpacoti Doves (Chamoepelia talpacoti ) I have had in my

■collection of doves since August 13th, 1903. They have reared three broods

in my aviary ; the two first pairs I sold, and cannot recall the date of these

two broods; probably I was away at the time. The eggs of the third brood

were laid on July 6th and 7th, 1904, and were hatched out on the 22nd.



