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Correspondence. 



SULA ISLAND KING PARRAKEET. 



5iR, — I have really not had enough opportunity of obscrv-ng my Sula 

 Island King (Aprosjiiictiis stilaciisis) to send a good note on her. since she 

 has always had to be kept at Binstead. I. of W. 



I do not think anything is known of the species ni a wild state. 



M\- bird ( ', ) is about one-third smaller than the eommon Knig 

 (.1. cyuiiof^y^^iits) : head, neck, and breast dark reci ; shoulders and wings 

 green; rump, flights, tail, antl jjart of the nape l)lue. liill blackish, and 

 proportionately larger than that of the common King. bnape more like 

 that of a ryrrliiilopsis than an A prosiiiictiis. The bird seems quite hard\- 

 and has spent the last two winters out of doors. Last summer she laid 

 two eggs and incubated them, but they proved infertile. Her mate is a 

 Red Shining Parrakect with whom she is on very friendly terms. 



Havant, Eebruary 16, 1922. (The Marquis of) TAVISTOCK. 



;'.REEDL\(, Till-: PASSliRINE PARROTLET AT LIBERTY. 



Sir, — I have succeeded in breeding Passerine Parrotlets {Psittacula 

 f>as.Keri)ia) at libcrt}- this year for the first time. 



it would be r.ather intei"esting to make a complete record of all the 

 foreign Ijirds that have been bred in this country at liberty and full-winged — 

 qi'ite as interestng, I think, as a record of those that have been bred in 

 aviaries. Each form of aviculture has its peculiar advantages, features and 

 difficulties. 



Havant, October 21, 1921. (The Marquis of) TAVISTOCK. 



[We much regret that the above, slipped between other papers, has 

 only just come to light. Firstly : As fully a detailed account as possible 

 of this episode would l)e of great interest, if such can be sent in. Secondly : 

 We quite agree as to the record, but, unfortunately, at the present time 

 the Editor has neither the health nor the time to compile such a record. If 

 any member can undertake same we shall be greatly obliged, and only too 

 pleased to give it space in this Journal, which we certainly desire should 

 represent every phase of aviculture — at present the Editor feels he must devote 

 what energy he can to bring Bird Notes out at its proper date. — En.] 



A FEW NOTES OF MY PRESENT BIRDS. 



Sir,— I was able to rejoin the F".B.C. in 1921, much to my delight, after 

 Iiaving had to give up bird-keeping during the war, with the sole exce])tio'.i 

 of a favourite Grey Parrot. 



In September 1920 a Brjizilian friend sent me a Blue-fronted .\mazon 

 {Clirysotis aestiva). a ]iair of Cactus Conures (Ccniurus cacloruni), ;ind two 

 Pope Cardinals [Paroaria lan'ata). I had to keep them all in cages during 

 the winter. 



Lhifortunately one of the conures died (cerebral hemorrhage) at the 

 end of about three months. I should much liKe to get another, to mate 

 with the one I have left, if I could determine its sex. I should then put 

 the pair into a good-sized outdoor aviary in May. 



