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Starting the Season igzi. 
my cock Peach-faced Lovebird during the winter, and though 
I managed to get another one, 1 fear it is a hen. The old hen 
has started to build, and I hope to be able to get a mate for her 
in a few days. 
The Green Cardinals have been out of doors since 1 
bought them in February last, and are in exhibition trim. They 
come down to my feet for mealworms, of which they are very 
fond. A few days ago I put the mealworm tin on the ground, 
while I was fixing up a nest-log, and it was most interesting and 
amusing to see, when I turned round, the hen cardinal sitting 
General View of Mr. Fullar's Aviaries. 
on the top of the box trying " her best " to get the lid off. 
The hen is much the bolder bird of the two, and will, I think, 
in time become very tame. 
The Virginian Cardinal is a beautiful, but alas ! also an 
odd bird, and so far I have been unable to obtain a hen, but 
live in hopes ! He is a fair songster. 
One of the Budgerigars started the season to-day (April 
15th) by laying an egg — may there be many more, and from all 
my pairs ! 
In cages I have a fine Tricolour Tanager (Calliste 
tricolor), and a cock Yellow-wing Sugarbird (Coereba cyanea). 
