i~2 Kccf^iiii^ and Fccduii^ flardhiUs. 



I\lh:M CKKs l.AKCK (3). I. J, 3. Miss ] Uackbum . lien 



W'liydali (wcHi on condition), ( ireen rjiul.^cri.iL^ars, Paradise 

 W'hydali in the order ,^i\en. 



Mi:mbi;rs — Small (6). i, 3. Miss Blackburn, pairs of 

 Zebra fMnclies and Af. Silverbills, l)oth perfect condition. 2, 

 and II.C. Ha\^■kins, C"onil)asou, tiL;ht and silky; Orange 

 Y^^eaver. wee bit soft. Also staged (Irey Java Sparrow and 

 pair of Red-headed x Cutthroat Finch hybrids; this pair were 

 palpable hybrids. 



<5 



Keeping and Feeding Hardbills. 



By Wkslkv T. Pagk. F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 

 {Concluded fro 1)1 fagc IDS'). 



Parrots axd PARRAKKPrrs : This is a huge subject for a 

 single chapter, for ]ioi)ularly, though there are scientific 

 divisions, it practically includes the whole parrot-tribe 

 (Psittacidac), i.e., all parrots, parrakeets, lovebirds, cockatoos, 

 macaws, lories, and lorikeets, while the individual species are 

 legion. The only way we can practically cover the ground is 

 by grouping them, and dealing with feeding and treatment as 

 a whole ; one exception to this will be Ivories and Lorikeets, 

 which are brush-tongued parrots, feeding in a state of nature 

 on fruit, pollen, nectar from flowers, and undoubtedly insects. 



I shall adopt no regular order in the placing of the 

 groups — the convenient arrangement will be alphabetical, and 

 the necessary Groups are as follows : — 



Cockatoos : No explanation needed here, as all these 

 birds are described by the one name cockatoo. 



Lories axd Lorikkets : It is not easy to define this 

 gioup, save as brush-tongued parrots, as I^ory and Lorikeet 

 may be said to be popular terms having about the same, signifi- 

 cance as parrot and parrakeet. In this group, for convenience 

 sake, I must include Haxgixg Parrakeets { Loriculits), which 

 are also brush-tongued, living in their native haunts on fruit, 

 ]-»cllen, and nectar. 



Macaws: This group also needs no explanation, as all 

 its members bear the name macaw. 



Parrakeets : In this group besides those bearing the 

 ccgnomen " parrakeet" we must include the Budgerigar, 



