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taken round the aviarj' ; here on the grass grown bank were tlie 
squatting grounds of the Qnail Finches, with some of tliis quaint 
little species squatting tliereon — one passed from bush to bush, 
almost each one contained a nest with either eggs or young, and 
some fresh feature of the economy of bird life was revealed, as the 
busy population pursued their avocation of reproducing their kind. 
Mr. Willford in his " Nesting Notes," has made it unnecessary 
for me to go too close into detail, besides want of space cramps 
my pen and thoughtfulness for my readers prevents further 
digression. So without further description of my wanderings in 
the other aviaries and the impressions gathered there, I will 
merely remark upon one instance which interested me greatly 
and which I think will be of fairly general interest. 
In one or two enclosures devoted to Green Budgerigars, I 
noticed several young and almost self-coloured Yellows. Seeing 
no adult birds of the Yellow variety about, I made enquiries both 
of the aviary attendant and Mr. Willford, and found that nearly 
all Mr. Willford's stock had been crossed more or less with the 
Yellow variety, though he has preserved no Yellows this season. 
I gathered that they had been produced (mostly single birds in a 
brood) in consecutive broods and from more than one pair. 
Though I have bred, and inbred them too, also crossing Greens 
and Yellows, and mating up the progeny, yet I have never had a 
Yellow produced in my aviary other than from Yellow birds. I 
shall be much interested in hearing from other members if they 
have had similar occurrences in their aviaries, and I hope Mr. 
Willford will catch one or two of them up to see if they have 
pinkeyes, and also inform us to what extent the pure light yellow 
colouring is retained after the moult. 
I must reserve other memories of these extensive aviaries 
and their inmates for stray notes as opportunity offers. 
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Mr. Lewis's Aviakies (Ryde, I. of W.) : Here again no 
description is necessary, as the aviaries were figured and fully 
described in May issue of current volume. Breeding results here 
have been very few, and very many aviculturists have fared the 
same, though this ill luck has not been along well-defined lines, 
as it has been very variable with aviculturists in the same area — 
