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and over one hundred young were reared. Six Ashy-headed Geese were

fully reared, also four Bar-headed Geese, five African Sheldrake,

nine Orinoco Geese, any number of Black-shouldered Peafowl, two

splendid Stanley Cranes. The Chukor Partridges have done splendidly

this year, and in my gardens near the house I have counted over

fifty of them. They nearly all of them fly up to the top of the house

and roost there. Jungle Fowl as usual have increased a lot, also the

Silver Pheasants. Three very fine Black-necked Swans were reared.



PARRAKEET BREEDING RESULTS AT

FOXWARREN PARK, 1938


By Alfred Ezra

Alexandrine Parrakeets


1 st Pair. — Three eggs laid, and eaten by the birds five days later.


2nd Pair. —Four eggs laid, all fertile, but were spoilt by frost.


3rd Pair. —Three eggs laid and three strong and healthy young

fully reared ; all Green ; parents were Blue-bred.


4 th Pair. —Two eggs laid, one Lutino young reared ; the other

egg was infertile.


5 th Pair. —Three eggs laid and two young hatched, but parents

would not feed the young, which died.


6 th Pair. —Two eggs laid and two young hatched out, but

unfortunately they were killed by parents when almost a month old.


7 th Pair. —Four eggs laid, all fertile, but spoilt by frost.


8th Pair. —Two eggs laid, both fertile, but spoilt by frost.


Bing-necked Parrakeets—Yellow Bred


1st Pair. —Parents, both Yellow birds, laid three eggs ; all hatched

out but two were found dead when twenty-two days old ; one reared.

All these young ones were Green.


2nd Pair. —Lutino female mated to Yellow-bred male. Two eggs

laid ; one Green young one hatched and reared.


3rd Pair. —Lutino female mated to Lutino-bred male. Four

eggs laid, only two young ones hatched and reared. Both Lutinos.



