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Another pair of blue-bred Alexandrines laid three eggs by the

20th March. Three young hatched by the 14th April. Two of these

were a lovely blue, and the third a green. Suddenly the parents gave

up feeding the young during the cold spell we had in May. Tried

hand rearing them, but I am afraid they were too far gone and I lost

them all. One died on the 18th May, one on the 2nd June, and the

third on the 9th June.


Ring-necked Parrakeets ( P . krameri). —Lutino bred male and

a lutino female laid four eggs by the 15th March. Only one young

was reared, the rest of the eggs being infertile. The young one is a

green and left the nest on the 1st June.


A green male and a lutino female Ring-necks laid three eggs by

the 31st March. All three were hatched and the young reared, leaving

the nest on 19th June. All three green.


Another pair of Ring-necks. Lutino bred male and a lutino female

laid two eggs by the 18th May. Both hatched and were successfully

reared, leaving the nest on 4th August. One young one is green, and

the second is lime green.


Derbyan Parrakeets (P. derbyana). —Four eggs were laid by

4th April. All infertile. By the 14th May three more eggs were laid.

All hatched out and fully reared, leaving the nest on 28th July.


Crimson-winged Parrakeet (Aprosmietus erythropterus). —Four

eggs laid by the 19th May. Two young hatched out and reared. The

other two eggs were broken in the nest. Two fine healthy young

left the nest on 14th July.


Princess of Wales’s Parrakeets ( Polytelis alexandrce). —Five eggs

laid by the 18th April. Three young were hatched and the other two

eggs were infertile. Two left nest 19th June and the third one was

found dead four days later. This is the first time these birds have

had only one nest. As a rule they lay and rear two lots every year.



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