334 A. Ezra—ParraJceet Breeding Results at Foxwarren Park, 1938


4 th Pair .—Lutino female mated to Lutino-bred male. Three

eggs laid ; all hatched out and young reared. All Lutinos and three

of the best young ones ever reared here.


5 ih Pair .—Lutino female mated to Lutino-bred male. Three eggs

laid, all hatched and reared. All Green.


6 th Pair .—Lutino female mated to Lutino-bred male. Laid four

eggs, all hatched and reared. Three Greens, one Lutino.


1th Pair .—In an aviary containing seven Lutino-bred birds—■

four males and three females—three eggs were laid and all hatched

out. Two Green and one Lutino. Unfortunately the Lutino young one

died when fifteen days old.


Queen Alexandra Parrakeets


ls£ Pair .—Three eggs laid, two young ones hatched and reared.


2nd Pair .—Two eggs laid, two young ones hatched, one died when

only one day old and the other one died when eight days old.


Crimson Wings


One pair laid four eggs and hatched them all. Two young ones

died when only one day old. The other two were reared.


Barrabands


One pair laid three eggs, all of which were hatched out. Two of

the young died when seven days old and the third one was hand

reared, as the parents gave up feeding.


Malabars


One pair laid three eggs, all of which were hatched and reared.


Layards


Four eggs laid, but all infertile. The hen will not take kindly to

the male.


Leadbeater’s Cockatoos


A pair of these laid two eggs and hatched them both. One hatched

a week after the other one and this bird died two days later. The

other one was reared but is not a good bird at all.



