. Bird notes . ys roost in theirown corner under the eaves, high up, generally but not invariablyhanging head downwards. Hot damp, as might be expected,suits them well. They are particularly fit in the rains whenmany birds are mopey. Cold damp seems to do them no harmand I would not mind leaving acclimatised birds outdoors duringan English winter, but the shelter would have to be good and thebirds would have to use it. Our winter in the Punjab hills iscold, frost and snow, but we do get a liberal share of sun. Aswith some other bright birds the final moult of the cock intoadult plumage is atte
. Bird notes . ys roost in theirown corner under the eaves, high up, generally but not invariablyhanging head downwards. Hot damp, as might be expected,suits them well. They are particularly fit in the rains whenmany birds are mopey. Cold damp seems to do them no harmand I would not mind leaving acclimatised birds outdoors duringan English winter, but the shelter would have to be good and thebirds would have to use it. Our winter in the Punjab hills iscold, frost and snow, but we do get a liberal share of sun. Aswith some other bright birds the final moult of the cock intoadult plumage is attended with danger. I have only had one henthat wished to nest so perhaps I am rather rash to give myexperiences from a single specimen, but here they are for whatthey ma)7 be worth. I have had the chance of getting the Red-headed Ceylonspecies, but did not take it, as I had the Blue-crowned, in myopinion far the prettiest of the three species I have seen alive. Ifancy all the species are much the same in 279 a he Breeding of Hleranorine parrnfteets. By \V. B. Makmont. A few notes, re my success in breeding this species, mayprobably be of interest to many Bitd Noles readers. I do notpurpose attempting to describe all the species and local racescommonly designated Alexandrines, as I have not sufficientknowledge of them, but merely to treat of the one species thathas bred in my outdoor aviary the past two years, viz., theCingalese. A true pair came into my possession in the springof 1905 ; I kept them in a large cage indoors for a few months, inorder to steady them, get them accustomed to their surroundingsand At Home with their owner. I transferred them to mygarden aviary in the autumn and waited with much expectationfor indications of a desire to reproduce their kind. I had notlong to wait beforesuch signs were foithcoming, they soon beganwhittling away at one of the logs provided for this purpose (saidlog being 3ft. long and of 5ft. girth), these preparations occupy-ing
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