The Successful Breeding of Tnracus persa. loi 
At this time the pair of Touracos had been turned into 
an aviary having a warmed corridor, where they passed the 
winter. 
At the end of April 191 5 my mother had them put back 
in their aviary in the open air. They did not delay to make 
their nest in the box. Two young were born in June and 
were killed rapidly by their parents. 
On July 23rd eggs were again laid, and on August io-i2th 
two more young were born. My mother meant this time to 
withdraw the young at the end of eight days and to rear them 
by hand. 
She kept a minute watch in order to avoid a massacre, 
but this time the parents cared for their little ones, and on the 
5th of .September one of them left the nest and was found 
perched on the branch of a shrub. It was still young and 
covered with black down 
Hov.ever, the black feath- 
ers of the wings were 
sufficiently developed to 
allow it to fly. In th.> even- 
ing the voung bird was put 
l)ack into the nest, from 
whence it came out every 
morning. The other young 
Young Tnracus pcrsa. orie, more feeble, did not 
come out. It had badlv 
formed toes and died in two months. 
The other progressed rapidly and seemed always to be 
in perfect health. On the 20th of September the tuft (crest; 
was visible, black feathers little by little replaced the black down 
and several red feathers appeared on the wings. By the i8th 
of October its figure attained two thirds of that of the adult; 
its tuft grew and became green, but its eyes were yet neither 
white nor red. The red circle of the eye appeared on October 
15th. On October 20th it was put into the warmed lobby with 
its parents, and on the 24th the white streaks appeared near 
the eyelids. On December 24th it was like the adults; its 
colours less brilliant, its stature more feeble, its tuft less fur- 
nished, At the end of January these differences had disappeared. 
