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Good and Bad Points in Mi/ A viwie^. 
specie:; must appeal strong-ly. They certainly add to the charm 
of thr- wilder counti'y localities, and it is good to be .able to 
state that they are holding their own. 
I trust that these notes, together with the photos of 
" Euzzy " at home may prove of interest. I should like to 
write at greater length of my oldest friend, but space in " Bird 
Notes " is valuable. Added to which an insistent " howl " 
outside proclaims " Buzzy " awaits her dinner, whicdi is an 
imperative reason for me to lay down my pen and ittend to 
Her Majesty's demands . 
♦ 
Good and Bad Points in My Aviaries— Failures 
and tlieir Lessons. 
By Wm. Shokb-Baily. 
Concluded from p. 154. 
The lists given refer to the birds, as distributed through 
the respective aviaries for this season, and, at the Editor's 
request, I am interpolating a few notes of ha[;pcnings to date 
(June 24), together with such alterations as the demeanour 
of the birds has necessitated. 
No. 1 Aviary. Pairs each of Necklace, Half-collared, and Sene- 
gal Doves ; Cockat-eels ; Californian Quail ; Yellow Sparrows and Can- 
aries. Odd cock hybrid Sqaamata X Californian Quail ; Mealy Rosella 
(cf) and Red Rosella (9) Parrakeets, ,aad 2 cock Moustache Parra- 
keets — also a fiock of Black headed, Rufous-necked, and Abyssinian 
Weavers. 
In this aviary the Mealy and Red Eosellas were a great 
nuisance early in the season, and they caused the loss of Neck- 
lace, Senegal, and Half -collared Turtle Doves nests, but the 
hen is now incubating (I have not seen her for three weeks) 
and things are once more quiet. A young Senegal Dove left 
the nest one day this week and the old ones are again incu- 
bating, as are also the Necklace Doves. The C'ockateels' first 
nest was a failure, but these are also again sitting. The Cali- 
fornian Quail laid 30 eggs and is now incubating nine of them, 
the remainder being put under a hen. The nine Hyphantornine 
^Veavers ar'e all cocks, amongst them being the hybrid bred 
in 1U13; he is now in full colour and closely rcsemble-s his 
father {Sitagru oiivace-a), being brown about the face and head 
