CoiTcspondcncc. 
"measured was 2\ k 2. inches, and about \ inch thick; and this parficuTar 
" nest had between 50 aud 60 such pieces round it. The nest was in .i 
" corner of the shelf in the ofiiee that had five people workfng- in it all day, 
" and the birds showed absolutely no fear, coTniiifj to feed their threc- 
"■ quarter fledged young about once in every minute. If unmolested the 
" birds- will build in the same shelf year after year, and sometimes make a 
" new nest in the opposite corner of the shelf." 
Darjeelii-kg, loth July, igig. W. H. MATTHIAVS. 
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Correspondence. 
DAMAGING OF YOUNG STANLEY PARRAKEETS' BEAKS. 
Sir, — Can any member account for the following? I have 
experienced a strange mishap this year with my last young Stanley Parrakeet. 
It did not leave the nest-log till a few days after the ethers, and a week aga 
I noticed a lot of feathers about ; to-day I find it dead, and alE 
the feathers from neck to upper tail coverts stripped off, the upper 
mandible bitten off, and no food in the crop. I have only Stanleys iit 
this aviary. Can it be the cock Stanley ? When I kept lovebirds with them 
I found one dead with the upper masidible bitten off. I s'hould be glad if 
any member has met with similar trouble if they would give their experience, 
and the cause or author of the mi^shap if this was- ascertained. 
Kendal, August 10th. J. SMITH. 
I have had a similar mishap to a young Stanley Parrakeet in one of my 
aviaries, but not of a nature to help Mr. Smith re the above. The details are 
as follows : The day the young Stanley made its exit from the nest-fog it 
flew against the wire division of the next avi'arj' and was badly bitten by ,t 
Blue-fronted Amazon through the netting, at the base of the upper mandible, 
this being badly splintered just below the nostril-cere and lost a lot of blood, 
but it was a strong young bird and has survived the injury, which occurred 
about two months ago, and is developing iinely, though !he effects of the mis- 
hap are still plainly visible. Moral: H^ive all wire-netting partitions between- 
parrakeet aviaries double, with a space of not less than ene inch between tlie- 
Jwo courses of netting. — W. T. Page. 
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Post Mortem Reports, 
For Rules vide page ii. of cover. 
Budgerigar (cf). Hon. Mrs. G. Bourke, Tapfow. — Extensive injuries (O 
skull and brain, bird otherwise healthy. 
N. S. LUCAS, M.D.-, F.2.S. 
