Nesting Notes, Etc. 
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The Bauer's ,qot no further than exaniinint^- tlieir nest 
I)ox (which may have heen too small for them), and the 
Ilarnard's. Bhie-bonnets, Many-colours, and Yellow-bellies did 
likewise. 
The Pileateds hatched out one yount;- one, but accidentally 
crushed it when half thrown, owini; to the nest-box being too 
small: they laid again, but did not sit as the moult was coming 
on. 
The lutino African Ring-neck laid early in March and 
got egg-bound, so that I had to put her in a warm room to save 
her. She passed her egg all right, but, of course, was too upset 
to sit. When she had recovered and was beginning to show- 
signs of wishing to nest I gave orders that she was to be 
returned to the aviary with her mate; (he had insisted on sharing 
her .spell of captivity, actually squeezing himself under the 
catching net when he saw that his wife was likely to be taken 
away from him). Unfortunately, in letting the birds out of the 
cage, the gardener caught the hen's leg in the sliding door and 
broke it; he tried to set it, but was not successful, and some 
weeks later the hen hung herself up by her injured leg in a 
crack of the woodwork, and, though she managed to get free, 
was found dead next morning from shock and loss of blood — a 
sad ending to a beautiful and almost unique bird. 
The other pair of African Ring-necks had young dead in 
the shell; thev were nearly related, which perhaps accounts for 
the embryos being weak. 
The Indian I.utino Ring-neck reared three green young 
ones, one of which died on leaving the nest. I hope to get 
lutinos by mating them with each other or with the old hen. 
One expects to get coloured young from an albino ])arent in the 
first generation. 
The .Mexandrines did not nest — I think I got them too 
late in the year. 
The Blossom-heads hatched three yoimg and accidentallv 
crushed them when half-grown, owing to the nest being too 
small ; I have learned a lesson about nest-boxes this year, which 
\vill last me as long as I live ! 
