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Nesting in My Birdroom. 
Budgerigars : Of Blues there are lo fine young birds. 
Of Olives and blue-bred Greens fully a score — there are many 
more in the husks. 
It may be of interest to state that the Bristol Zoo have 
bred a lovely Blue from a pair of my blue-bred Green Budg- 
erigars. 
I have one new-coloured baby Budgerigar from light 
new-coloured French pair, which I must describe later. 
CocKATEELS {Calo psittcic US Hovac-hollandiae). These 
have made a bad start, the only result so far being two eggs 
with young dead in the shell. 
Black-cap Lories (Lorius lory). The crozvning glorv, 
to me, is a baby, seven to ten days old, of this species. Is it a 
breeding-medal episode, please, or has someone succeeded 
previously? [I do not think, writing from memory, that this 
species has been bred; so, in the event of the young bird living 
to fend for itself, Mrs. Burgess would be entitled to a medal. — 
Ed.]. I cannot give many details. This pair of birds have 
been with me nearly a year; they came from the Marquis of 
Tavistock. They took second prize (my White-backed Lorikeet 
being first) at Newport show in November last. They are a 
most perfect and gifted pair, laughing, etc., all day, and simply 
devoted to each other — a real " Darby and Joan." un April 
2nd the hen laid her first egg outside the box, which was put 
inside twice. I then thought, as the hen did not sit, that the egg 
had been eaten; I could not look into the box to ascertain, as the 
cock bird was so savage. Another egg was seen on May 4th; 
from that date the hen has only come out to feed, and, her 
hunger satisfied, returning to the nest-box at once. The cock 
bird goes in also at night. The yoimgster is about the size of 
a day-old chick, and apparently seven to ten days old. I was 
afraid of disturbing the birds, so only took a very quick glance 
into the nest, and cannot be sure whether the young is naked or 
covered with gold-coloured hairy-down. Neither can I tell 
which egg the young bird was hatched from ; the other egg is 
still in the nest, and the hen bird seems to be still incubating it. 
The following species have nested, and those marked with 
an asterisk I know have eggs. 
