Bird.i Bred at Poltimore Park Aviaries, 1913. 1',) 
winter) for the last 3 years, the Golden -crowned Conuro for 
about 2 years. 
The l)irds paired in November, 1912, and on January 
17th of this year (1913) a clutch of five eggs was discovered 
in a box, which they had been frequenting for some time. 
They did not incubate, owing to disturbances from 
other inmates of the aviary. 
On Marcli 7th they went to nest again, this time with 
four eggs, after incubating for some time, they were again 
disturbed'. 
On May 8th a third clutch consisting of four eggs, was 
found in the same nest, incubation lasted about 23 or 24 days, 
and both parents incubated. On looking into the box on 
June 4th we found two young birds. 
As it was apparent the old birds were feeding satis- 
factorily, the nest was not examined for another month, and 
then the young were covered with down, and stubs of feathers. 
On July 19th the parent birds were shut out of the 
box by fastening wire bars across the end of the lx)X about 
an inch or so apart, so as to let the old birds feed, and at 
the same time to prevent the young leaving the nest pre-' 
maturely, as on previous occasions we had in the same way 
lost several valuable young birds. 
A little later a tin of seed (canary, sun -flower, hemp, 
and occasionally green oats), and a tin of water were fastened 
to the bars of the box, land the young were thus able to* 
feed themselves. 
On September 18th, the two young Conures were put 
in a small aviary along with a young Adelaide Parrakeet, Avho 
unfortunately, is the sole survivor of a family of five, 'four 
having been done to death by other Parrakeets in the aviary. 
The young at first resembled the Yellow -headed Conure 
except that their colour was a little duller, and they had more 
orange-yellow on the fore-head, but now one young bird 
has more orange-yellow than the other, on the forehead and 
crown, as well as round the eye circle. In the neck a few 
green feathers are showing amongst the yellow. 
This aviary contains the following Parrakeets : — 
Pennants' {Platycercus elegaris).. 
Adelaides (P. adelaidae). 
