. Bird notes . d recently I havehad two-thirds of the glassroof covered with asphalticroofing felt, and find theconsequent s a c r i fi c e ofdirect light more than com-pensated for by the eventemperature therebyobtained. As regards the inmates ofthe various enclosures ; asyou enter the aviaries,directly facing you is anenclosure containingseveral pairs of Budgerigars, an Alexandrine Ring-neck, and aYellow-winged Parrakeet. I have had bad luck with Budgeri-gars this season, having had plenty of fertile eggs but never anyyoung. I supplied cocoa-nut husks for nesting, and was par-ticularly unfor
. Bird notes . d recently I havehad two-thirds of the glassroof covered with asphalticroofing felt, and find theconsequent s a c r i fi c e ofdirect light more than com-pensated for by the eventemperature therebyobtained. As regards the inmates ofthe various enclosures ; asyou enter the aviaries,directly facing you is anenclosure containingseveral pairs of Budgerigars, an Alexandrine Ring-neck, and aYellow-winged Parrakeet. I have had bad luck with Budgeri-gars this season, having had plenty of fertile eggs but never anyyoung. I supplied cocoa-nut husks for nesting, and was par-ticularly unfortunate with the last clutch deposited therein by acouple of Yellows. In order to make a slight alteration in theaviary it became necessary to remove the husk they had chosen,and in doing so I unfortunately disturbed the hen, with the resultthat she refused to return to her maternal duties. Another dayor two would have seen the youngsters out of their shells. The Alexandrine Ringneck, a recent arrival, is a fine. MR. S. BEATY and hisPET CANAKY-WING PARRAKKKT. specimen of his kind. The remaining occupant, a Yellow-wingedParrakeet, is a merry, good-tempered little fellow, and the tamestbird I have ever possessed. He will readily come on to yourfinger and eat out of yonr hand. When first I introduced him tothe Budgerigars they were inclined to bully him, but once havingaccustomed himself to his surroundings he asserted himself, andcan now comfortably hold his own. On a stand in front of this aviary is a cage containing apair of Pileated Parrakeets {P. spurius) at present in excellentcondition, but unfortunately rather unsteady. When I first hadthem I put them in an aviary and they were very wild, theentrance of anyone into the aviaries being the signal for them todash themselves wildly against the wire netting protecting theglass. But they have quieted down wonderfully in the fewmonths I have had them, and now after moulting look verydifferent birds to when they arrived. They are f
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