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nested several times, hut having- no male with her, of course 
their was no result. At the present time I have two cocks and 
no hens. From one of these I have bred some hybrids from a 
Red Rosella. These in their younii;' bird plumage are indisting- 
uishable from the common kind. I am mating a young cock 
with a hen Rosella, and ho])e that he will not prove sterile. 
The Blue Bonwet ( J'scphotus hacmatorrhous) is a 
smaller bird. There are two kinds, the red-vented and the 
yellow-vented. I have kept the former. They are not so attrac- 
tive as the species already mentioned, and do not appear to be 
so easily bred. ^Moreover, being very active they are much more 
dangerous with small birds, such as Finches, Weavers, etc., and 
if kept should have an aviary to themselves, and in fact this is 
really the best course with all the smaller Parrots, if spare room 
is available. The female is slightly smaller and duller in colour 
than the male. 
The Staxlev Parrakeet ( Platxccrcus ictcrotis) may be 
described as a small edition of the Red Rosella, which it very 
much resembles in general appearance, although its colours are 
not so brilliant. It appears to be a free breeder. I have only had 
my pair a few months, so cannot write much about them. The 
hen is easily picked f)ut. as she has far less red in her plmnage. 
The Red-rump fPscplwtus liacniatoiiotiis ) is another 
little Parrakeet in which the sexes differ markedly. They are 
also very free breeders, and will bring up their young in a large 
cage. I have never reared any of them in my aviaries, as I found 
them so extremely quarrelsome, that I did not keep them long. 
The Yeleow-naped Parrakef:t ( Barnardlus scmitor- 
qiiatits ) is another Australian but it belongs to a different group. 
It has much more green about it, than any of those already 
noted. My birds were. I believe, two hens, as I frequently saw 
them asking a cock IMeally to feed them, which he rather reluc- 
tantly did. In their habits they are similar to the platyccrcinac . 
and would, I should think, be equally free breeders. 
The Cockateee ( Calo pshiacits nova-hoUandiac } is per- 
haps the best known of all the .Australian Parrots, and it is one 
of the most charming. If a good breeding pair is obtained they 
