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" Parrakcets. being a practical Handbook to those species 

 kept in Cat>tivity,'' by David Seth-Smilh, F.Z.S., 

 M.B.O.U. ' London : R. H. Porter, 7, Princes St., 

 Cavendish Squaj-e, W. 



Part 5 appeared in June, and Part 6 (which 

 concludes the work) m October. These parts contain 

 excellent coloured plates of the Barnard's, Bauer's, 

 Yellow-fronted Blue-bonnet, Red-vented Blue-bonnet, 

 Golden - shouldered, Many - coloured, Turquoisine, 

 Splendid, Antipodes Island, and Golden - crowned 

 Parrakeets, and the Varied Lorikeet. Most of them 

 are from drawings by Mr. Goodchild. Some species 

 which have been recently imported for the first time 

 are dealt with in an appendix— the aim of the work 

 being " to treat of every species comprised under the 

 title that has ever been imported alive into Great 

 Britain." 



We fully agree with the author's remarks about 

 aviary-bred Budgerigars, — 



*' It has often been stated that aviary-bred Budgerigars 

 " are inferior to imported birds, but I think this statement is 

 " often far from true. There is no doubt whatever that 

 " birds bred in artificially-heated rooms during the winter 

 " months are far from robust, and most likely to be affected 

 '• by excessive loss of feathers — ' French moult' — but I can 

 '• positively affirm that Budgerigars that have been bred 

 " during the sununer months in large outdoor aviaries in 

 "England, providing of course that in - breeding lias not 

 " been permitted, are just as fine and healthy birds as any 

 "that were ever seen in Australia; in fact, I would ^o 

 " further and say that one breeder has, to my knowledge, by 

 " carefully selecting his breeding stock, produced birds that 

 " are considerably finer than any imported birds." 



Mr. Seth - Smith found the Varied Lorikeet 

 "very shy and nervous and not nearly so active or 

 interesting as any other Lorikeets " he had kept. He 

 describes the Lineolated Parrakeets as "extremely 

 quiet and gentle little birds." 



