20 The Value of TJeai for Ailing Birds. 
Rosellas (P. e.rimius), 
Blue-Bonnets (Pseplio' iis linounlorho^ia) . 
Lineolated (Bolborh t/ncJni^ JineoJahis) . 
Tovi (Brofogerij.s jiigvJaris) . 
Many-Coloured (Psepliotus mulHcolor), 
Red-rumped (P. haemafonofus) . 
Budgerigars {MeJopsiftacus lunhihifus) . 
Conures : — 
Yellow {Cornirus soIsiiiiaUs) . 
Black-headed (C. natxlai/). 
Blue-crowned (C. hnemorrJious) . 
Cactus (C cactonini). 
Red -bellied (Pyrrhura viffata). 
The food consists of canary, millet, sunflower, and 
hemp, white oats, and greenfood, also a supply of grit and 
cuttle-fish Ijone. Fruit and mea'worms occasionally!'. 
I might mention that the YeFow Conures (Comires sol- 
stitialis) have laid two clutches of eggs this season, but with- 
out result so far. 
To he continued. 
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The Value of Heat for Ailing Birds. 
By Dk. L. Lovell-Keays. 
For years past I have always regarded heat as of first 
importance in restoring ailing bi^'ds. Lately T have had more 
than an ordinary dose of ailing birds. In every ca-e T have 
applied heat (dry heat — I don't mean warmth Init real lieat), 
and the result has bsen nothing short of miraculous. T have 
been cari'ying out a series of experiments with the heat treat- 
ment. Let me quote a case or two: One day, about a month 
ago, I picked up my Columbian Siskin very ill; T kept her in 
a very warm place and she revived at once. Unfortunately, 
I had no means then of continuing the heat throughout the 
night, with the result that she died in the night. Kitchen 
cupboards and the like get much cooler about 4 a.m. when 
the bird most requires the heat. 
Two or three days afterwards I " picked up " (oh, 
horrid phrase, pregnant with remorse and blighted hopes) 
my hen Hooded Siskin. I put her into a travelling cage and 
