Blue Budgerigars. 
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to attract, and this will relieve our hard worked Editor whose 
sole reward for all his labour is the g-ratitude and thanks 
which we all must give him. 
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Blue Budgerigars. 
(Melopsiitacus undulatus, v. caeiulea) . 
By O. Millsum. 
Since niy return to England, I have resolutely kept 
away from my old love, not that I have entirely dispensed 
with all my bird -pets, but they have been kept to strictly 
limited numbers. I have also refrained from reading the 
various periodicals of the "Fancy" even our interesting Bird 
Notes has been received only to be sheived. I have adopted 
this attitude, not because I like it, nor do I admit isersonal 
weakness, but purely from business reasons do I Ijelieve it 
best to let my passion for bird life lie in abeyance, at least 
for a time, fiowever, the notice affixed to the outside cover 
of Bird Notes announcing the L.C.B.A. Show tempted me to 
once again visit that wonderful and fascinating- exhibition of 
avian gems. Tliis and the knowledge that I should meet some 
of my birdy friends found me once more amongst the Foreign 
exhibits on Friday, November 28i,h. 
Looking through that wonderful array of foreign birds, 
the finest collection ever staged under one roof, I was charmed 
to see three of those beautiful Blue Budgerigars. These ex- 
hibits prompted me to ask our esteemed editor and friend if 
any fancier was really making progress in reproducing this 
variety. I was sorry to hear but little success had beeir 
met with, and, as I should very much like to see this variety 
greatly increased, I think it worth while recording what, I 
believe from practical exi>erience to be the only methods to 
real success. There is really no reason whatever, providing 
certain rules are carried out, why the Blue Budgerigar should 
not be bred as freely as the commoner Green and Yellow. 
Two conditions are absolutely essential to the successful 
breeding of these birds: 
f. — IThe birds must not be subject to any powerful 
light, my contention being, that powerful rays of light reduce 
the stamina of the birds. It must not be forgotten that their 
