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increasing rapidly at the present time. Abont fifty years 

 ago (according to the Arabs) it had jnst reached the 

 West Coast of Tanganyika ; it has now made its way to 

 the East Coast and np the Malagarazi River; from 

 Kavirondo it has spread Eastward to the Nandi Forests 

 and to Kiknyn, whence it will probably soon reach the 

 East Coast of Africa. Already this bird wonld seem to 

 be developing snb-species that may in time become valid 

 species. 



" Besides Psittacus temiieh, of vSierra Leone, (which is 

 a distinct species, and a Gre}' Parrot without a red tail), 

 the Grey Parrots of Prince's Island, off the coast of Lower 

 Guinea, are becoming different in coloration from the 

 ordinary type. The grey plumage is developing into a 

 dull purple, while the scarlet tail is becoming violet red, 

 the upper mandible of the beak has lengthened, and in 

 some respects the Parrot on Prince's Island is taking the 

 place of the raptorial birds which the natives say it is 

 driving from the island. In the interior of Angola and 

 the vSouth-Western part of the Congo basin the grey of 

 the Grey Parrot is turning to white and pink, some of 

 these birds actually becoming pink all over, with a 

 scarlet tail. In Uganda the plumage is normal. In 

 parts of Uganda there are Love-birds and several species 

 of Pcsocephaliis." 



These extracts will show what a bird paradise 

 Uganda is. Those mentioned scarcely touch the fringe 

 of the different varieties contained in the seven hundred 

 and odd species — but there can be no doubt that a country 

 has been opened up from which the aviculturist can draw 

 unlimited supplies, when the natives realise the demand, 

 and dealers extend their operations to that hitherto little 

 known part of the world. 



A. But.lock-Webster. 



'' Pai'vakeets : beino; a Practical Handbook to those species 

 kept in Captivity^ By D. Seth-Smith, F.Z.S., 

 M. B. O. U. Parts II. and III 



These parts of Mr. Seth-Smith's work fully sustain 

 the promise of Part I. The Conures are finislied and 



