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but soon learnt to seek cover when cold or too hot. The 
parent birds; made a tremendous clatter avIiou the first young 
bii'd lefl the nest, and it was the clatter that led to its detection. 
These notes ai'C quite a brief de cription of the All- 
Green Parrakeets, and I do not feel a full description of the 
Cactus Conures is called for, as so much that is said of the 
All-Greens applies perfectly well to the Cactus Conures. I 
purchased the Cactus Conures from our late member Mr. Smith, 
of Redruth, and I may incidentally remark that I have never 
had a business transaction with anybody more agreeable than 
this one. The Cactus Conure is a handsome bird, a beautiful 
yellowish green above with head and upper portion of breast 
and neck a pui'plish brown and a dull yellow abdomen. I 
purchased them in April, and by May 31st. I found they were 
incubating. On June 30th I heaid active young in the 
barrel and on August 7- 10 three young left the nest. Tlie yoiuig 
closely resembled their parents, but ap])eared conside]'al)ly 
smaller. The difference in size, I think, was more apparent 
than real. As regards i)lumage the young resemble in every 
respec^, the parents except that they are decidedly lighter in 
colour as regards the brown and yellowish parts. They, too, 
are less noisy than their parents. The hen l>ird is nesting 
again, and if I mistake not has already hatched out. 
The moral of this short description is as follows: In 
avicultural mattei's luck is ])ractically speaking the real element 
of success. Fortune in aviculture is not to be Avon by wooing. 
In fact, very often success comes when we least expect it 
ana certainly least deserve it, whereas if we are ovei- careful 
we fail just when we feel that success is ours. For instance, 
with Bearded Eeedlings— l)ut that is another story I have 
promised our Hon. Editor to wi-ite another tragedy some day. 
But don't run away with the idea that if you neglect 
your birds they will succeed. My birds have everything that 
thought and experience can pi-ovide but they have to rub 
shoulders with all kinds wliethei- they he patrician or plebeian. 
One more word, and it is tliis : If your breeding successes 
have not been great, get some conscientious pei'soii who takes 
no interest in birds to feed your birds and go away for a 
month yourself, in the breeding season of course, then drop a 
line to the Editor of " B.N." 
