Correspondence. 
Correspondence. 
DETAILS IX ARTICLES. 
Siiv. — There is every prolialiility that after the war there will he nian_\ 
menihers of the IM'i.L".. now without liirtL, who are aiixoiiis to heL;in again 
with their hohhy, and who may take the opportunity for Ijranching- into 
pastures new. and to do this it will be necessary for them to have ^ome 
experience, and this will have to he acquired from others. 
I would therefore suggest that a series of articles be written by 
members who have had experier^re, in which they give particulars of various 
types of birds. 
I for one propose to start one or more (the latter I fe.ir) aviaries for 
parrakeets, but before I do this I will have to profit by the experience of 
others if I am to have any chance of success in my proposed undertaking, 
and more important still with fairness to the birds. 
t)ur object shouid be not so much the keeping of the birds alive, but 
keeping them in a manner which will provide comfort for the birds, and at 
the same time supply them with conditions most likely to produce breeding- 
results. 
.'\s at present no birds are being imported, and even if they w ere it i.-- 
better to be, to as large an extent as possible, self-supi)orting : this will mean 
a larger number of biids for sale which are healthy, and should induce dealers 
to bring their birds over in a more hygienic manner than at present. 
To resume : before I can start with parrakeets I must learn some- 
thing about them and their i)eculiarities one with the other, so have laid 
down for myself a type of bird to keep and stick to this until I know more. 
L)espile very interesting articles by the Marquis of Tavistock in 
|);irlicular and also others, 1 have not been able to glean the information 1 
require, and I take it that others are in the same predicament. 
1 want to keep only the smaller .species of this type (psittaci). taking 
the red-rump as tlie largest size, or birds very near to that, ;ind adding just a 
pair of birds (which will agree) of the Rosella Ivp*-' ''t'^ ^ Jo "aiit to keeji 
birds likely to breed. 
W'i'.l; tliis object in view I seek for tlie following information; 
