Breeding Stanley Parrakeets. 
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room, or the cost, for a breeding stock of broadtails. To hie 
back to the Stanley, if one is to dispense unrelated pairs, one 
must have two breeding- pairs, and the young from each pair 
kept strictly separate, or ringed with differentiating rings. This 
difficulty can be got over by two aviarists arranging to exchange 
say the young cocks. Now as to accommodation, each 
breeding pair should enjoy an aviary to themselves, and the 
young should be removed to another aviary as soon as they are 
able to fend for themselves. 
The next point to consider is the size and furnishing of 
the aviary. Plotyccrcinac require s])ace to indulge in flight, as, 
failing this, there are many infertile eggs, though there are 
isolated exceptions of success in quite limited quarters; never- 
theless, aviaries need not be huge, a suite of three aviaries, each 
with a shelter 8ft. x 8ft., and a flight 12ft. x 8ft., with a height 
sufficient to enable their owner to walk erect in them freely. A 
willow trunk, which has just begun to decay, is an interesting 
fixture, enabling them to indulge in a natural nest-site if so 
inclined. A couple of small barrels or log-nests should be 
fixed in the shelter, with their openings towards the light. In 
the flight various branches of varying thicknesses should be 
dispersed al)out, but must be so disposel as not to interfere 
materially with space for flight. There nutst l)e a bath, large 
enough to allow tlie birds to splash about in freely, and a couple 
of roomy seed hoppers. The ground area should be planted 
with dandelion and coarse grasses, some space being reserved 
in which to sow cereals at intervals. Two or these aviaries 
could be reserved for the breeding pairs, and one for young 
birds when removed from their parents. 
I am of the opinion that Budgerigars, Cockateels, and 
Lovebirds could be kept in the aviary with Stanleys without any 
tragedy occurring, but in the breeding season they interfere with 
the larger birds by endeavouring to appropriate the larger logs 
or barrels instead of the medium-sized ones supplied for them — 
this can be modified to some extent by having a superfluity of 
large logs or barrels, and once the Stanleys have selected their 
breeding quarters they will hold the same and not be materially 
annoyed by the smaller fry. However, it is far the best tq 
