IS Birds Bred at Poltimore Park Aviaries, 1913. 
An egg was found in this barrel on August 19th, It 
was pure white and about the size of a pigeon's egg. A 
pair of Chattering Lories were observed to be spending a 
great deal of time indoors, and on again looking into the 
barrel at the end of September, the aviary attendant v/.is di>- 
appointed to see nothing. 
However, a week later he fancied he heard a noise 
inside the barrel, but put it down to the lively inmates of 
of the adjoining aviary, and did not investigate the n^atter 
further. When feeding the Lories on the morning of October 
29th, he was quite nonplussed when he counted three Chatter- 
ing Lories instead of two. 
On closer examination he noticed that No. .3 had a 
black -brown beak, the orbital region was naked and grey, 
and the eyes appeared to be dark. 
The plumage was the same as the parent birds, but 
the young bird was a trifle smaller. 
The Lories are fed daily on sponge-cake and .N'estle's 
milk made into a sop with warm water, and given to them 
nearly cold, plenty of bananas and grapes. Twice a week 
they have insect food, and meal worms three times a week. 
Since September, the temperature of the aviary has 
been kept from 65? to 70°, but they have access to the large 
out -door flight all the year, unless in very cold frosty weather 
or wet days, when they are only let out to exercise when 
the sun is bright and warm. 
r nuist nor. forget to mention that last spring we hung 
large sheets of waterproof canvas round the outside of the 
aviary, so as to disturb the inmates as little as possible. 
This aviary contains the following birds : 
Chattering Lories (Lorins garrulus). 
Yellow-Backed Lories (L. fJaro-paUiatus) . 
Purple-Capped Lories (L. domic ella) . 
Red -collared Lorikeets (Trichoglossus rtihriforques) . 
Swainson's Lorikeets (T. noiyac-hollandiae) . 
THE BREEDING OF HYBRID CONURES. 
iYrllow -HEADED {Convriis jendaya) X Coldicx- 
CROWNED (Conurus aureus). The Yellow-headed Conure has 
been in a large out -door aviary (43 feet wide, by 64 feeit) 
long, by 12 feet high, including the house, which is heated in 
