" Wings ! uiiigs ! to sweep 

 O'er mountain high and valley deep. 

 Wings ! that my heart ma}' rest 

 In the radiant morning's breast. 



" Wings ! to hover free 

 O'er the dawn-empurpled sea. 

 Wings ! 'bove life to soar 

 And beyond death for evermore." 



J. A. Swan. 



" Parjakccts, being a practical Handbook to those species 

 kept in Captivity:' by David Seth-Sviith, F.Z.S., 

 M.B.O.U. 



We have received Part 4 of this excellent work, 

 now appearing in serial parts. Tlie Parrakeets dealt 

 with are tlie Crimson-wing and the King, the gentis 

 Pyrrhulopsis, the Love Birds, and the Hanging Parra- 

 keets, while a beginning is made with the Platycerci. 

 There are three excellent coloured plates, one (of 

 Hanging Parrakeets) by Mr. Gronvold, and the 

 others (figuring the Pennant's, the Yellow-rumped, 

 and Brown's Parrakeets) b}^ Mr. Goodchild. The 

 rampant attitudes of Mr. Gronvold's birds are not to 

 our taste, but his delineation of the plumage is skilful. 



Mr. Seth-Smith considers the Crimson-winged 

 Parrakeet a delightful and desirable species, but he 

 has not found it a safe companion for smaller birds. 



" It is a moderately haidy species when acclimatised, al- 

 '• though of course it needs some warmth during the winter 

 •• months in this country. vSome people boasl of keeping 

 " birds which hail from hot climates, in outdoor, exposed 

 "aviaries during the Avinter mouths; but although man}- 

 " birds will exist under such conditions, they feel the cold 

 " keenly, and the practice is little short of cruelty." 



The King Parrakeet is described as "a somewhat 

 lazy and uninteresting bird." 



Both the Crimson-wing and the King have bred 

 several times in this countrv. 



