Species which have been Reared. 
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six eggs in a nosting-box, but she did not sit well, owing 
to being disturbed by other Purrakeets. 
Bla{'ic-nkcked Savans. These do well here, and most- 
ly rear some young annually; they have hatched out four 
young ones, three of which are now growing into big birds; 
tlicy were hatched in April. 
Ruddy -HEADED Beunicle Geese (Falkland Islands). 
A i)air of this rare species have nested and laid a clutch of 
four eggs, out of which were duly hatched four young ones. 
FiRE-TAiLED FiNCHES {Zo7iaiginthus hellm). A pair 
of this charming Australian species have nested and laid a 
clutch of eggs, but nothing came of the first venture for this 
season. 
Blue Budgerigars. These have incubated a clutch 
of eggs this season — no result! 
Species which have reared young in Captivity 
in Great Britain. 
By Wesley T. Page, F.Z.S., etc. 
For some long period the need has been apparent, for 
a list of such species as have reared young in captivity, but 
the task is a huge one, and several times has been put on 
one side as hopeless; but after receiving many reminders and 
requests, I decided {nil desperandum) to publish a tentative 
list, leaving it to members to send in records of any other 
si>ecies they know of. To this end I have waded through all 
the books in my library, confcahiing such records, and then sent 
the result on to my esteemed friend and fellow -member, Mr. 
W. E. Teschemaker, asking him to read through and add any 
other species which were known to him: he very kindly did 
so, and I must express my thanks to him, for his kind assist- 
ance has made the list more complqte than it would other- 
wise have been. 
It will be noticed that some of the species have a 
query mark against them, these are doubtful records, and if 
the list had been kept back for them to have been verified, 
it would have meant almos't indefinitely iwstponing it — so 
I decided to present it in this form, leaving the records of 
