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and comprehensive us to data, etc., that it was an education 
in bird lore, merely to give the brief look through, which 
wa.s all the time at my disposal permitted, while the re- 
counting ol' collecting episodes, and facts gleaned during his 
collecting expeditions, made the afternoon a most fascinating 
one, and one which will not be soon forgotten. 
Altogether my vioit to Ashbourne was one of the most 
pleasant and interesting I have made this year. 
Breeding of the Red-sided Eclectus Parrot. 
{Eclectus pectoralis). 
By Miss M. Dkummond. 
This species does not appear to have been previously 
bred in Great Britain, tiiough young have been hatched out, 
but not reared, on more than one occasion. As after several 
failures, success has been at last attained in my aviaries this 
season. J am. at the request of our Editor, sending an account of 
their nesting with me. 
The two white eggs were hatched on or per- 
haps before July 21st. The male fed the hen most 
attentively during the 30 days of incubation, both in the log 
and when she came out also until thC; chicks were about ten 
weeks old; the hen transferring the food to the young ones. 
During the first month she remained almost entirely in the* 
log, the male coming to the opening to feed her, then she 
further helped in the task of rearing of the young by feeding 
herself, as well as being fed by the male, and very hard work 
it must have been to satisfy those two youngstei's" voracious 
appetites, as their calls for food were incessant, impera- 
tive and noisy, like several young puppies more than two 
small birds. The male took no notice of the chicks until 
October 8th, when he was seen feeding them; by that time 
they were to be seen sitting, for short intervals, on the .small 
platform, lL\ed on to the front of log. The hen continued 
feeding also, but by the 16th, she had given up doing so, 
because she was much annoyed with the male for neglecting 
her for the young ones; this led to much disputing and temper 
on both sides. The hen tried to get between him and the 
young birds to stop his feeding them, and when on the 20th 
