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Parrots. 
The great storm of wind and rain about the middle of 
November killed, I am sorry to say, my Superb Tanager, mv 
hen Cordon Bleu, two Pekin Robins, one Golden-breasted Wax- 
bill, and my Blue-winged Lovebirds — but all the rest look well. 
The only bird I have taken in for the winter is the Scarlet Tana- 
ger — I got him last Novemlier, and he has been out since May. 
The second Division of my aviary contains Pekin Robins, 
Indigo Buntings, Weavers, Green Singing Finches, Nonpareils, 
two Teal, Virginian Cardinals, Pope Cardinals, one each Ros- 
e'la, Halfmoon, Indian Ring-necked, and Red-rumped Parra- 
keets. and Zebra Doves — 26 l)irds in all. I am now enlarging' 
the aviary and making a third division for the Virginian and 
Pope Cardinals. 
The only heat is from a small oil-stove and an oil-lamp, 
which are lighted at four o'clock in the afternoon and kept burn- 
ing all night. Since having the stove I have lost no small birds. 
The temperature goes down to 32 deg., and is never in winter 
above 50 deg. This is the second winter for nearly all the birds. 
I shut them in at night and on a very wet day. I had, in the 
.Spring", nine Zebra Finches and now have thirty-two, twenty- 
three having been successfully reared. 
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Parrots. 
By W. Shore Baily. 
AUSTRALIAN : Under this heading- I am sending you 
a few notes as to the suitability for aviary life of the various 
Parrots. Parrakee^s. Conures and Lovebirds that I have kept 
from time to time with a few remarks on sexing them. 
With the exception of the little Budgerigar, the Austra- 
lian Broadtails seem to be far the most popular amongst our 
aviculturists, and in my viev>- quite rightly so, as they are ex- 
tremely beautiful, and are free breeders in captivity without 
being niosy like their American and Indian cousins. They are, 
of course, more or less dangerous in the breeding season to 
other birds, but not more so tlian the other Parrots. 
