. Fanciers' journal and land & water . r. P., by dint of persuasion and sometimes force, com-pels his mate to make a trial of the new abode. For two or threedays preceding the laying of the first egg, the hen is dull andmopy, sitting at the entrance of the nest, dozing, her feathei-sbeing slightly puffed. In egg binding, the symptoms are moreextreme; drooping of wings and utter prostration are will contribute greatly to the success if at the beginning of thedesire to nest, a small bit of meat dripping, freed from sat, isadded to a saucer full of scalded bread for iheir food. The eg
. Fanciers' journal and land & water . r. P., by dint of persuasion and sometimes force, com-pels his mate to make a trial of the new abode. For two or threedays preceding the laying of the first egg, the hen is dull andmopy, sitting at the entrance of the nest, dozing, her feathei-sbeing slightly puffed. In egg binding, the symptoms are moreextreme; drooping of wings and utter prostration are will contribute greatly to the success if at the beginning of thedesire to nest, a small bit of meat dripping, freed from sat, isadded to a saucer full of scalded bread for iheir food. The eggsnumber six or seven, are white, size and shape of a pigeons incubation lasts about twenty days from the laying of thelast egg. The covering of the young is of fawn. Jhe firstfeathers are of brown. The adult plumage comes wilh the second moult. Their growth is very slow. They lack power of speech,but to compensate for it they possess a great degree of intelligenceand amiability, are exceedingly affectionate and PENNANT S PARRAKEET. and may be admitted in the aviary wiihout danger to the companyof the most defenseless birds. Their food is the diflFerent kinds of seeds, grains, and berries,bread soaked in scalding water or milk and squeezed dry, fruitand green food during summer and except at moulting. Greenfood must be given sparingly. The diseases of the pennaut arefits, caused by surfeit, and inflammation of the lungs. Care willprevent the former, and d-ath end the latter. ViTALiTr IN Ferns—Polypodium incnmim has been called the Resurrection Fern on account of its wonderful vitality, butour common P. vulgare appears to be no less tenacious of November, 1876, as an experiment, I threw a plant of thislatter species under a bench where it remained in a perfectly drystate, and subject to the warm atmosphere of a heated room,until late in April, 1877—a period of more than five had become so dry and shriveled that it did not seem possib
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