J4" nrrcdiii!^ Hlitc lUidgcrlgars from Hlnc-hrcd ^irccns. 
to me — to caj^e him up and try medicine and dieting, or to turn 
liim out in a large enclosure of wire-netting, taking in about 
a quarter of an acre of fruit bushes. I decided on the latter 
course; catching him was a very simple business, as he was 
alarmingly weak, and as I contemplated him in his new home I 
felt I had jirobably done the wrong thing after all, for such a 
weak bird was not likely to respond to a " nature cure." How- 
ever, it was the right plan after all; unlimited green food, of 
which he had always been an enormous eater, and especially 
some American blackberries, tempted his flagging appetite, and 
a few days later he began to eat his seed again. Very slowly 
his strength came back, and he is now c^uite himself again, and 
I saw him this morning exchanging personal abuse with a pair 
of Browns with his old health and energy restored. 
Some day perhaps an English avicultiu'ist will have better 
luck than I and breed "^'ellow-bellies for the first time in this 
country. But let him bear well in mind that he has not got 
an ordinary Rosella to deal with, but a bird that will take all 
h.is care and skill to keep in health: if he does so he may be 
spared the melancholy task of writing an article " only to sav 
how the beastly thing died." 
❖ 
Breeding Blue Budgerigars from Blue-bred 
Greens. 
By Lt.-Col. H. Lf.gii df. Legh. 
Possibly these notes may be of sufficient interest to our 
members, especially to those who are endeavouring to breed 
Blue Budgerigars. 
Not for a moment do I claim that any success I have had 
is due to scientific mating, or that breeding the Blues was any- 
thing but a lucky accident, as you will agree at the conclusion of 
my tale; it was rather the reverse of well-earned reward, but it 
is possible that others may be encouraged thereby. 
Nor am I able to vouch for all details, but the facts are 
approximately correct. 
Early in 1919 I was given three pairs of Blue-bred Green 
Budgerigars; I believe these came originally from Mrs. Burgess; 
