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Mr. Temple's Aviaries and Birds. 
the following were hatched out and lived to disport them- 
selve>s about the aviary. 
Besides the above, there were others which did not 
leave tho nest, and this was the fate of all the young Fire- 
finches, and Cordon Bleus. 
1909. This was a bad year, but the following were 
fully reared, forming a sort of set-off against many disasters: 
13 Black-cheeked Lovebirds 4 Harlequin Quails 
4 Cordon Bleus 6 Chinese Painted Quails 
5 Parrot Finches 
Peach-faced Lovebirds (Agapornis roseicoUis), these 
nested, and produced many eggs, but no young were reared. 
Parrot Finches {Erythrura psittacea). As I'egards this 
species I had better quote Mr. Temple in extenso. " I 
" started this season with 16 adult Parrot Finches. One pair 
" of certain breeders had an aviary to themselves, but at 
" end of May I found the heu dead on the nest from a soft 
" egg, she had been sitting on five eggs for twelve dayis^. 
" each egg contained a young bird. The other fourteen were 
" in the large aviary (No. 5). Three couples were busily 
" incubating clutches, when they all became ill, with some 
" form of liver complaint, and between June 20 and July ,7, 
" eleven of them died — very disappointing, as nearly 
" every egg of the above clutches contained a young bird. 
" This disease did not in any way affect the remainder or 
" any of the other birds in the aviary, though there were a 
" number of Pin-tailed Nonpareils {Erythrura prasina), Green 
" Avadavats (Stictospiza jormosa), Firefinches (Lagonosticta 
''minima). Golden-breasted Waxbills {Sjjorceginthus subfiavus), 
" Cordon Bleus {Estrilda phoenicotis), etc." 
1910. This year results were more regular, and one 
species was bred, which had not hitherto nested In the.se avi- 
aries, viz., the Tri-coloured Parrot Finch {Erythrura trichrna). 
The actual results were as follows: 
14 Parrot Finches 5 Harlequin Quails 
0 Three-coloured Parrot Finches 5 Chinese Painted Quails 
One of the most interesting features of this season 
was the nesting of Pin-tailed Nonpareils, but unfortunately 
10 Gouldian Finches 
3 Long-tailed Grassfinches 
4 Ri^licauda Finches 
13 Parrot Finches 
3 Harlequin Quails 
