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Editorial. 
part of January. Three young chicks were duly hatched 
out and lived for three days, when the hen died from pneu- 
monia, contracted while incubating during such weather, and 
the male bird then threw out the chicks. , I will anticipate a 
storm of censure by saving, that till I heard the young call- 
ing for food, I had no idea of what was going on, or I 
should not have permitted it, but she looked so fit and well 
wher I discovered the young that I had not the heart io 
destroy them. I may say she showed no signs of illness, what- 
ever, and died either during the night or early morning — this 
species is quite hardy out of doors all the year round. In this 
instance it was the sitting in an open nest, during the igales 
of driving rain and cold winds that wrought the mischief. 
Hooded Pakrakeets: Our esteemed member, Mr. H. 
D. Astley, has had eggs from his pair of Psephotus cucullatns, 
but unfortunately with no result. The first clutch (3) were 
laid in November, but they were infertile. In December an- 
other clutch of three were laid and steadily incubated, but 
after a period of about four weeks the eggs were examined, 
one was clear, the other two contained young birds, decomposed 
but nearly fully formed. It would appear that Mr. Astley 
has a good prospect of breeding this lovely species during the 
coming season. We certainly hope so. 
Ekkata : 
Page 2 line 25, for " Pietre's," read — Pretre's. 
Page 2, bottom line, delete " also during," and insert 
—of. 
Page 3, line 11, after "so far," insert — ). 
Page 21, line 26, for " compas," read — compass. 
Page 26, line 8 from bottom, for " Gallinuta " read 
—Gallinula. 
Page 29, line 27, for "page 12," read— page 15. 
The Magazine: We regret that owing to pressure 
on our space by Show Reports, we have had to hold over 
many interesting articles, e.g., Mr. Temple's Aviaries; and 
Miss Thorburn's Out-door Cages (both illustrated), and others 
— theso will appear in next issue. The Show Season 15)11 
and 1912 will soon be merged into the breeding season, 1912, 
and we hope our members will have many interesting episodes 
to record. 
