166 Alfred Ezra—Nesting Notes from Foxwarren Park , 1933


were infertile. They went to nest a third time, again laying six

eggs. Unfortunately all these eggs were broken by the cock bird.

Another pair of these lovely Parrakeets, that were bred here in

1932, went to nest, and two eggs were laid by the 2nd June. Neither

of these hatched out, although both contained chicks. Two more

eggs were laid by the 9th July, both of which were infertile.


Ring-necked Parrakeet (Psittacula krameri). A lutino hen,

mated to a green cock, laid four eggs by the 27th March. One

young was hatched out by the 21st April, the other three eggs were

infertile. The young was fully reared. Another lutino hen, mated

to a green male, laid three eggs by the 2nd April, and two young

ones were hatched out on the 30th April, the third egg being

infertile. When these two young were fully reared and were about

to leave the nest they came to an untimely end through a swarm

of bees getting into the nest-box. An account of this appeared

in an earlier Magazine last year. Both these young birds were

the healthiest I have ever bred. A third pair of Ring-necks, both

lutinos, laid four eggs. All contained dead chicks. Four more eggs

were laid by the 5th May, and one young hatched out on the 2nd

June. Expectations ran high, whether it would be as yellow as the

parents, and would it be reared, and enable it to be recorded that

a lutino had been bred here at last. Another disappointment was in

store, as it turned out to be a green and, although it appeared quite

healthy in the nest, it had only left the nest three days when it

died of rickets. This pair, both lutinos, have never reared a young

one yet that was strong and healthy. In fact, this was the only

one reared, as all the other eggs had dead chicks in them. A hen

Ring-necked Parrakeet mated to a cock Alexandrine x Ring-neck

hybrid, laid five eggs by the 28th March, and three young were

hatched out by 21st April. These left the nest on 16th June. They

appear to be a trifle bigger than Ring-necked Parrakeets.


Alexandrine Parrakeet (Psittacula nipalensis ). The old blue

cock was paired to his own daughter, and the first egg was laid on

the 2nd March. Three eggs were laid in all. Two of these were

infertile, and the third one contained a partly-formed chick.



