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Editorial. 
" The eggs when blown were found to be slightly incubated to an 
" equal extent. They are in shape of a very pointed oval, verg-ng almost 
" on the pyriform, of a very fiiie texture, faintly pitted, and with a rather 
" pronounced gloss. The colour is an almost pure white, with no mark'ng. 
" The eggs measure from 42.5 to 46 m.m. in length, and 32.5 to 34 in 
" breadth ; the average comes to 44 by 33.2 m.ni." 
Jang, I'unjal.. .>(>/// July. iqiq. WVCW W I I I STLhLR, I'.Z.S., 
Indian Police. 
Different Birds Nesting in Company. 
" There is in my conipoimd a jialni tree, the name of wliieli 1 am 
" afraid I do not know, which has the following nests in it : — 
" Common Myna, 2 nests with young. 
" Bengal Red-vented Bulbu! with young. 
" Ashy Swallow Shrike with young. 
" Spotted Munia building. 
" Magpie Robin with eggs. 
" The leaves of this tree form natural hollows where they join ..iie 
" trunk and are ideal nesting sites. The tree is about 35ft. high." 
Darjeelmg, loih July, igig. W. H. MATTHEWS. 
Nesting Notes : Several of otir meml)ers appear to 
have liad a fairly successful season, the Inilk of the items haviii!:;" 
been already noted in this column. 
Blue Budgerigars : Several have been successful with 
this form. T'Vom two pairs of pure Blues Mr. Hebb has bred 
28 young- birds, all true to colour. To save him corres]wndence 
we had better state he has none left for disposal. 
Mrs. Burgess, too, has successfully bred pure Blues, also 
such colour forms as Apple-, Olive-, and Jade-green varieties. 
Mr. W. J. Marsden has also met with success with Blue 
and other colour varieties of Budgerigars, and promises notes 
later. 
The Flon. Mrs. (i. Bourke has l)red two yotmg Irilues 
from a cock pure Blue mated to a three-quarter blue-bred ( ireen 
hen ; of which she furnishes the following details : — 
" The two young Blue Budgerigars were bred from a 
" I'^rench im])orted Blue cock, and a (Ireen, blue-bred, hen; 
" the latter being the [)roduce of blue hen and a three-quarter 
" l)lue-green cock. I-'rom a clutch of five eggs only two 
" hatched out. All the birds were flying together in a small 
" aviary out of doors from April to October; and I had two 
" other nests each from pairs of Blue cocks mated with (ireen 
"hens; one of which produced some young (Ireen birds; 
