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Di.-inioml Imiu'Ik's {SlCi^uiioplciini i^uthila). 
Qiiiiil ImiicIk's {Oi't\iioxl>ia(i f><)ly=i>ini). 
Virg-iiii;in Cardinals (Cardiiuilis cardiiialis). 
Chinese Mynahs [Sliiniiii sinensis). 
Biclieno's ImhcIk-s i..\ticl of'tcni bicliciurri). 
Cherry Finches {Aiilcinosync niodcsta). 
Cuhan iMHches (I'hoiiipara cavora). 
Pekin Robins (l.iothrix hiteus). 
Indian Silverl)il!s (. 1/(/c/)J().?_v"c niaUilnjnca). 
The followiiis^- are incubatint;" : 
lihic Sui^arhirds (Duciiis aiyaiia). donldian l•"inche^^ (I'ocpliila gouldiac): 
lllack-faced Quail I'inches (Orty;^ospi::a nii^ricollis) and Red-collared 
Whvdahs (Pentlictria ardens) are building-. M'elba Fnches (I'ytclia 
mclba) have egg^s aliout due to hatch. 
Mons. Decoux would like to exchange a pair of Black- 
cheeked Lovebirds for another pair, to avoid inbreeding. 
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Correspondence. 
BIRD KEEPING IN NEW ZEALAND. ETC. 
Sir, — You ask about my birds. Well 1 have not got a large collection 
just now owing to the war compelling me to dispose of my aviaries, since 
which I have started bird-keeping again. 
I find it most difficult to get foreign birds now. and it is mostly Austra- 
lian species that are coming in, and even these not so freely as formerly. 
A small consignment of parrakeets landed at Wellington in April, which 
ircluded Many-colours. Ring-necks, and Pennant's. I bought a pair of 
each species, but they all died within a few days; a most unhealthy lot. 
I have just obtained a pair of Mealy Rosellas, fine, healthy birds. In 
the aviaries I have Red Rosellas, Red-rumps. Cockateels. Doves and some 
Australian finches. 
Gouldian finches are very difficult to obtain now ; I have bred many 
of these lovely birds and always found them very hardy. I have also bred 
Diamond, Double-banded, Red-browcd (Sydney Waxbill). and Masked finches. 
Our own indigenous birds are, I am sorry to say, becoming very 
scarce. We have two native parrakeets, both green, but one has a red head 
and the other a yellow one ; when I was a boy they were most common all 
over the country, but now one has to get away back into the bush to find 
iheni, and even there they are few and far between. My sister has a pair 
