Various Coloured Pud^^crigars. 
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flights are bluish green; I have only seen one of these birds, 
which Mrs. Burgess got from France and very kindly sent here 
for me to see. I sincerely hope she will be able to reproduce 
this colour. 
Mrs. Burgess has also sent a lot of various Olives for me 
to see. It is very unfortunate that the Olives Mr. Hamlyn 
received over twelve months ago were in juvenile plimiage, and 
those who saw them there were disappointed with their colour — 
I was myself. Alost of these new varieties are very disappointing 
until they are adult. The Green-olive in nest feather is prac 
tically a conmion green. The adult pure < )live cock, with deep 
olive breast, golden-yellow face, vivid blue cere, dark distinct 
markings, and dark blue tail, is a most handsome bird, and the 
varieties are many. 
Last year I paired a pure dive cock to a Green Blue-bred 
hen; the young were very pretty Blue-olives. I suppose the 
Green-olives are got by pairing a pure Olive with a common 
Cireen. 
The Dove-olive (of which variety Mrs. Burgess has 
several pairs) are a charming variety; the softness of their 
colouring" will appeal especially to ladies. There is also the 
Yellow-olive, and I am looking forward to this breeding season 
eager to see what the crossing of these ( )lives with other colours 
will produce. 
Other varieties Mrs. Burgess has sent for me to see are 
very light Greens with yellow tails, Blues with white tails; one 
Blue white-tailed hen has patches of white on the shoulders. 
This makes me think that the much talked of white may appear 
in the near future. 
In common Green, and (Ireen Blue-bred Budgerigars 
some of tne young are very blue in nest feather, and moult out 
into ordinary Greens ; but I have found these the best to breed 
Blues from; and. from what 1 have seen of Olives, Jades etc. 
the nest feather in colour is very dull and ordinary in comparison 
with the adult plumage, so I hoi)e all our members who breed 
Budgerigars will keep any young which show the least tendency 
to freak plumage, until they attain the adult stage. 
