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Various Coloured Budgerigars. 
Dr. Green speaks of an entirely Green Budgerigar, and 
from what I have seen. I believe that not only an entirely Green 
but an entirely Blue variety can be produced in time ; he also 
describes a variety he had seen, as follov^^s : "The undula 
" tions on the head, back and wings, instead of being grey, 
" are black: the rump and upper tail-coverts are blue, and 
" the tail black, as are also the flights; the crown of the head 
" and the whole of the face are bright yellow, and the neck 
" and remaining under-parts yellow, very slightly washed 
" witli green." 
A dealer in Leeds told me he had seen, in Liverpool 
years ago, two pairs of Budgerigars, with the breast and under- 
parts yellow, and the remainder of the plumage as the common 
Green species. I have been trying to breed these for years 
and if T live long enough T may do it. 
If all breeders will examine all young birds before parting 
with them, and know from which pair they are bred, we shall 
soon have a great many varieties. This year I have added a 
few French Blues to my stock of this variety, and Blue-breds. 
I have the pedigrees of all my birds, and all are paired up in 
cages before going into the breeding-aviary; in one way and 
another I know every pair of birds at sight, and which husk 
they are using, so I know the pedigree of every young one. 
I find this the best way of breeding for colour. I have just 
heard that some bad coloured Jades have been offered for sale in 
London; the breast is yellowish-green, and the markings light; 
they are only bad Yellows! Mrs. Kansom and Mrs. Burgess 
have now got the breasts pure green, and in the best birds, 
especially in the hens, the markings very dark on a yellow 
ground — that is, dark-edged yellow feathers on back and wings 
with dark flight feathers. 
I have French Blues of two strains, and I find both 
rather paler in colour, smaller, and not so strong as my own 
birds, but I hope crossing them will have good results. I am 
pairing French Blue with my blue-bred Greens, and not with 
Blues, hoping to get a better colour. 
We have had such bad weather and high winds here my 
