Nesting Notes, Etc. 
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Brown's Parrakeets (P. browni) — I. 
Blue-boniict Parraktels (J'scpliutus haematonotns) — I. 
Pfunants Parrakt-ets ( Platyccrcits clegansj — 1. 
Yellow-niantled X Coiiinioii Rosella Parrakeets (P. splendidus x P. 
eximiiis) — I. 
Stanley's Parrakeets (P. icterotts) — 4. 
Bauer's Parrakeets ( Baruardius sonar'ms) — i. 
Yellow-naped Parrakeets (B. scmitorquaius) — I. 
Barnard's Parrakeets (B. baniardi) — i. 
Pileated P:\Tr:\keetitl Porpli\roccf>lidlus spurius) — i. 
Lutino African Kinfj-neck Parrakeets (Palaeoniis docilis, var.j — i. 
Green African Rin^-neck Parrakeets (P. docilis) — i. 
Lutino Indian Rinfj-neck Parrakeets (Palaeoruis forquatus, varj — i. 
Lutino Alexandrine Parrakeets (P. alexandri, varj — i. 
Lutino Blossom-head Parrakeets (P. cyanocephahis. varj — i. 
Kingf Parrakeets ( A prosmictus cyanopygins) — I. 
Blue i'u(lf;crif^;,rs ( Mclopsiitaciis iDidiilatiis var. caerulea) 1. 
Hybrid Swainson's X Blue-faced Lorikeets (Trichoglossiis Novae- 
hoUaiidiae x 7". haemotodes) — I. 
Black Cockatoos ( Calyptorhynchus sitUatus) — I. 
My hopes re the last two species were governed by perhaps 
(Of course in one's dreams no brood consists of less than four 
vouns^ birds, where parrakeets or most finches are concernedL 
I did }wt expect a brood of Queen Alexandra Parrakeets. 
My realised hopes are : 
Broods 
of 
Blue-\vint,red (Irass Parrakeets — 2 — of five each. 
Barraband's Parrakeets — 2 — one bird in each. 
Stanley's Parrakeets — 3 — eipht young^ birds surviving. 
Lutino Ring^-neck Parrakeets — j — two young birds surviving. 
Queen Alexandra Parrakeets — 1 — one young bird. 
Yellow-mantled x Rosella Parrakeets — i — one young bird reared, but 
now dead. 
My hopes with regard to Bourke's were dashed early in 
the spring by the death of my only hen ; she and her mate had 
wintered out of doors. 
The Blue-wings came nearest to realising my forecast, 
all three hens going to nest. One, who has a foot missing, had 
clear eggs ; her companion (who was paired to the same cock 
who had been wintered out of doors), was the mother of five, 
but unfortunately succumbed to congestion of the lungs during 
the wet weather in July. The cock, it is interesting to note, had 
