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turned out of the husk. The Budgerigars continued steadily

caring for their own chick and their nursling, though I think

it was subject to some discussion in Budgerigar circles ; as

many as five would congregate on the husk and quite evidently

examine the stranger through the hole and then chatter over

the matter. I gave stale white bread soaked in cold water,

squeezed dry and crumbled, also canary and a very little millet

and green stuff. On the 22nd Aug. the fifth and last Budgerigar

baby left the nest, a very fine and healthy quintette. Next

morning the young Conure was dead. It was a remarkably cold

night, quite bitter. The young bird was well fledged and a fine

youngster, though of course not as forwardas its foster-brothers.

The hen Conure quite recovered, and I hope for better

success next year. Possibly had I a party of young Cockatiels

just hatching they would have been the better birds to try, but

Budgerigars are so bold and confiding that they are not easily

disturbed, and Mrs. Cockatiel sits so close, resenting intrusion

somewhat vigorously, that it would be more difficult to introduce

strangers to her nest. Transferring the eggs as hatched would

probably be best. M. Wiujams.



AVIARY NOTES FOR 1906.

By Mrs. Henry Bromet.


I am sending you an account of my aviary and the young

birds reared in it this year (1906).


The aviary is built against a brick wall and faces west. I

know the aspect has been condemned, but my birds do not seem

to find it too hot. It is shaded by trees and I have Venetian

blinds. The inner portion is 18 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 7 feet

high at the eaves. It is a wooden structure with a span roof and

entire glass front (wired outside), folding doors at the south end,

half glass, half wood, so that I can open half or fold back both

against the wall, and from May to November these doors are

open.


The aviary has a concrete floor aud fountain with basin

3 inches deep, the overflow from this runs down a small gutter-



