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A. Martin—Breeding Results from the Nash



Bauer’s Parrakeet: four eggs were laid ; all hatched and were

successfully reared and proved to be very strong and lusty youngsters.


Pennant’s Parrakeet: seven eggs were laid by the old pair; six

hatched and five were reared.


Quaker Parrakeet : this pair made a huge nest of twigs in the

shelter ; four eggs were laid ; all hatched and were reared.


King Parrakeet: two clutches of eggs were laid, only to be deserted

by the hen when on the point of hatching. This makes the second year

they have acted in this manner ; I am quite disgusted with their

behaviour.


Swainson’s Lory : three eggs were laid and the hen sat well, but eggs

were infertile. This was rather disappointing as I am sure they are a

true pair.


The Barrabands, Browns, and Bock Peplers got no farther than

visiting their nest-boxes.


Peafowl laid three eggs, one of them being eaten by the Sarus

Cranes, the other two were hatched and were reared by a hen acting

as foster-mother, and are, at the time of writing, full grown and strong

chicks.


Californian Quail: many eggs were laid but only four were reared.


The Ducks which live on a natural pond in the wood did none too

well, only the Falcated and Carolinas laying and nine were reared

between them.


Monaul Pheasants : four eggs were laid ; two proved infertile ; the

other two hatched, one being killed by its foster-parent, the other was

reared.


The Cranes did nothing. We had great hopes of the Sarus as they were

seen to mate on several occasions, but nothing came of it. Among the

smaller birds a pair of Green Cardinals laid four eggs and three hatched :

the old birds fed well for a week then left off feeding, no doubt owing

to the lack of insect food, as they are in a mixed collection and I think

the live food was eaten by the others.


Grass Finches laid and reared three young and the hen is sitting

again.


Gouldians did not do well; the hens suffering from egg binding no

doubt being due to the late start.



