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though these are not 80 noticeable as some otliei-s. Yellow- 
vented Bulbuls are a perfect plagne. Red-vented are (|nite 
eoninion, and the Black Bull)ul is also seen. 
The Giant Barbet, figured in Bird M>/^'.s (March, i'JUi)), 
conies and eats our fruit every spi'ing, but (h)es not nest in 
Bakloh. 
I fear there will be but little here to interest B.N. readers 
as my experience in aviculture is but limited, still I have had the 
kind aid of Captain Perreau, who has fine aviaries as well as a fine 
collection of birds. 
[I trust Lieut. Kenuedj- will send us notes of each species he has 
bred— failures as well as successes— (also notes and photos if possible of 
Indian birds). Such would not merely be interesting, but of practical utility, 
especially as climatic conditions ai'e not so very dis-similar to these of this 
country. Ed.] 
Winter Breeding of Black-cheeked Lovebirds. 
{Agaporx ix ii i(irige)ii)i). 
By H. W. Mathias. 
1 don't know whether it may not be a case of " tempting 
Providence " to assume on February 4th that the back of the win- 
ter is broken, but anyway as I am hopeful we have now seen the 
worst of the cold weather, I think a few notes on the wintering of 
my birds, and especially of the Black-cheeked Lovebirds, may be 
of interest to the readers of " our " magazine. 
In my notes which were published in the November issue, 
I saitl, speaking about Black-cheeks : " I do not know what disap- 
"pointment the winter may have in store, since all my birds are kept 
" in unheated aviaries." I have the satisfaction to announce that 
deaths have been conspicuous by their absence, and since upon 
one night last week the thermometer fell in my out-door bird 
room to 1) deg. of frost (19 deg. in the open air). I think it may 
be safe to assume that Black Cheeks are perfectly hardy. 
[Locality : Stubbington, near Lee-on-Solent. Situation : Much ex- 
posed to south-westerly gales of wind which are very frequent. — Ed.] 
