Aviary Notes for iQry. 
not obtain mates : it is my best and most sheltered aviary and in 
it T bred nothin!:^ at all. Among'St the inmates was a pair each 
of Himalayan Goldfinches, Himalayan Siskins, a Cock Hooded 
Siskin mated to a British hen Siskin, whom he frequently fed; 
and a hen Lesser Saffron Finch mated to a Common Saffron 
Tnnch; the latter finally turned out to be a very bright coloured 
hen, so I naturally bred no hybrids ! 
Tn the fourth large aviary T have a collection of Parra- 
keets, who seem to hit it off fairly well except for an occasional 
squabble over tlie possession of a certain perch or nest box 
CocKATKKL?, (Calof^siftaciis vovac-hollondiac) laid four 
clutches and reared eight young during the season. 
Red-rumps ( Psr f^Jiotiis liacmatowtits) had their first lot 
of eggs destroyed, I think, by the Swainson I^orikeets, which I 
removed at once to a separate aviary. The hen then laid again 
liut died in the box egg-bound with her second egg, and was 
only discovered owing to the cock's excitement and frantic 
cries - he was soon consoled by the introduction of a new hen, 
and between them they reai^ed two young — both hens — late in 
the season. 
A pair of Pk.ach-faced Lovebirds ( A gapornis roseicol- 
lis) now in my possession for four years have laid some hund- 
reds of fertile eggs, but have never done more than hatch an 
occasional chick, which was never reared beyond a day or two — 
several young have been obtained by placing the eggs under 
Budgerigars, who hatch them out and feed the yoiing perfectly 
for three weeks, after which they desert, presumably because 
they discover that they have been deceived and that their large 
offspring are not of their own species. The Lovebirds have then 
to be hand-reared and some become delightfully tame and 
intelligent in consequence. One of tliese hand-reared Lovebirds 
which we had for nearly a year was most attached to my wife 
and would follow her about everywhere, and was never satisfied 
except when sitting on her hand or shoulder — he was less fond 
of me, but would come to me in my wife's absence as a pis allcr. 
Tn cold weather this bird was never happy unless he could 
burrow up my sleeve inside my waistcoat, or down the neck of 
my wife's blouse, from which point of vantage he would occa- 
