330 Alfred Ezra—Breeding Results at Foxwarren Park in 1935



his cage into which I dropped a mealworm, and in an instant he

swooped down on to the top first and then into his cage ! He seemed

hungry, but not as hungry as one would have imagined, after nearly

twelve hours liberty. After that all through the summer Jacko has had

his liberty and flies about the grounds all day, coming back in the way

or Whenever the fancy takes him. He will fly in at a window or door

straight to where he knows his cage is, and I find him inside, with the

door still open ! He is, I need hardly say, full winged, and looks too

lovely flying about : he is very cruel to the Sparrows who have a holy

dread of his sharp beak ! I always like to know he is safe before going

out for any length of time. If he is not in, I only have to stand on the

lawn with the meal tin in my hand and call, and he comes flying straight

to me and alights on my shoulder and so to bed !



PARRAKEET BREEDING RESULTS AT

FOXWARREN PARK IN 1935


By Alfred Ezra


The late frosts in May were disastrous to early breeding Parrakeets,

and I was most unfortunate in losing some very good young ones in

the nest, when the parents suddenly gave up feeding them. Among

these were two beautiful blue Alexandrines. I have tried not giving

the birds their nest boxes till late in the year, but I found they lay

just the same from their perches. I now give a few notes and results.


Alexandrine Parrakeets (P. nipalensis ).—The old blue male is

mated to a blue bred female, which laid three eggs by the 23rd March.

Two young were hatched by the 15th April and were reared. One blue and

the other green, and the third egg was infertile.


Alexandrine.— Lutino hen mated to a lutino bred male, laid three

eggs by the 31st January. Two young were hatched by the 23rd

February. The third egg contained a partly formed chick. The two

young ones reared are both lutiuos. This is the first time I have

bred a lutino Alexandrine.



