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again next Spring when, in addition, we are going to try Avadavats

and Lavender Finches as well as a pair of Shamas, the latter, of course,

at partial liberty. The Orange-cheeks and Cordon Bleus were a pretty

sight feeding on the bending heads of white and spray millet that had

grown up as weeds in the garden and round the aviaries, and it is

extraordinary the joy which seems to be afforded to all liberty Waxbills

by sitting among pea-sticks. During the summer at any hour of the day

the Cordon Bleus and Orange-cheeked could always be found among

the Sweet Peas.


Notable additions to our breeding stock for next year are : Yellow-

rumped Parrakeets, Crimson-winged Parrakeets, King Parrakeets,

Norfolk Island Parrakeets, Cuban Finches, Green Avadavats, Pintailed

Nonpareils, Fischer’s Lovebirds, Black-cheeked Lovebirds, Red

(Hooded) Siskins.



REARING CHUKORS AND OTHERS


By Captain Reginald Waud


It may be of interest to some of the readers of the Avicultural

Magazine to hear of my experiment with Chukor Partridge eggs,

although some may have tried it.


A friend gave me six eggs. I put them under a Silky Bantam hen

—who I knew was a good mother—and I also put one Japanese Bantam

egg under her with the Chukor eggs (I did this in the hope that the

Bantam chick would keep the Chukor chicks from being so wild, as

they always are as soon as hatched). She sat very well indeed, but to my

dismay the Bantam egg hatched on the 21st day and no signs of the

Chukors hatching. However, I looked at them and thought they were

heavy and looked as though they might hatch, having no idea how

long it took for Chukor eggs to incubate. I took the Bantam chick

away and kept it warm and fed it for three days, when I saw signs of

the Chukors hatching and they all did except one. I then replaced

the Bantam chick and kept them in a coop with a run in front of it

on the lawn, and reared the lot. After about three weeks I took the

run away and let them have free range, keeping the hen in the coop



