. Bird notes . West Side of Aviaries Nos. 3. 4 and 5. are my favourites among the conures, although they are notvery brightly coloured. Still they are handsome little birds,and do not scream like the larger conures. Last season onepair occupied a nest-box, but they did not lay, as they weredisturbed by mice. 1 have taken care that this shall not happenagain. The other occupants of tliis aviaryare a pair of (ireenCardinals, which are great favourites of mine, and are nicebirds to kee]) with Parrakeets. I have only recently boughtthis pair, but the hen is already ins])ecting spring
. Bird notes . West Side of Aviaries Nos. 3. 4 and 5. are my favourites among the conures, although they are notvery brightly coloured. Still they are handsome little birds,and do not scream like the larger conures. Last season onepair occupied a nest-box, but they did not lay, as they weredisturbed by mice. 1 have taken care that this shall not happenagain. The other occupants of tliis aviaryare a pair of (ireenCardinals, which are great favourites of mine, and are nicebirds to kee]) with Parrakeets. I have only recently boughtthis pair, but the hen is already ins])ecting spring Notes for jp22. loi The next aviary is my largest and measures 36ft. x it I have the following pairs: J pair Jendaya Conures (Conurus jendaya). I pair Brown-throated Conures (C acruginosits). I pair Peach-faced Lovebirds (Agapornis roseicollis). I pair White-winged Parrakeets {Brotogcrys vircsccns). I pair Green Cardinals (Gubernatrix cristata). T. i^air Californian Quail (Lophortyx californica). I am hoping the Brown-throated Conures will nest, asthey are a true pair. The Green Cardinals successfully rearedone young bird last season and should do better this year. TheJendaya Conures are new arrivals, but seem quite peacefulthough somewhat noisy. I also intend adding a pair of somespecies of Australian Parrakeets to this aviary—probablyStanleys. All the aviaries are fitted up with logs and nest-boxes,also boxes with long spotits. The latter are favourites withal! my parrakeets. During the winter I bought a pair of charmingly-tameOrange-flanked Parrakeets (Brotogerys p
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