10 Everett's Parrot. 



lower mandible. It is distributed over the Philippines, Salu, 

 and Sanghir Islands, Celebes, the Moluccas, the Tenimber 

 Islands, and the North-west of New Guinea. Eleven species 

 are known, of which only three appear to have been imported 

 into this country. In captivity they should be fed on the usual 

 seeds, nuts, and fruit." He then goes on to describe the three 

 above-mentioned species, viz. T . luzonensis, T. megalorliynchus, 

 and T. muelleri (of which T. albirostris is probably but 

 an aberrant form). A woodcut of the head of T. megal- 

 oryJmchus on p. 92 gives one a very good idea of the formid- 

 able nature of the beak of Tmiygnathus. 



My friend and fellow -member, Mr. Tinniswood Miller, 

 F.Z.S., has kindly given me the following information about 

 my bird. " There is a description and coloured plate of the 

 species in the British Museum Catalogue Vol. xx, p. 432 

 plate X. 



Tanyyuathus everctti. 



" Whole head grass -green, neck and under parts paler 

 green, slightly yellowish; inter-scapular region dark green with 

 the edges of the feathers blue; lower back and uropygium deep 

 turquoise -blue; upper tail-coverts green, more or less edged 

 with blue; all others, as well as the secondaries, edged with 

 yellowish -green; tail above green with pale tip, underneath 

 golden olive-yellow, bill red, feet grey, total length 13 inches. 

 Habitat, Philippine Islands, Samar, Panay, and Mindanas." 



The specimen I own came to me lately from my fellow - 

 member, Mr. S. Beaty, of Alderley Edge, who writes about 

 it as follows: "The Parrot seems very healthy. I had no 

 trouble in moulting it, and he is now in good feather. I have 

 had him since July, but I did not get him from a dealer. The 

 bird is very quiet and extremely hardy. I feed on sunflower, 

 hemp, canary, millet, a few nuts, dry biscuit, and apple. I 

 have kept it in a parrot cage in my greenhouse bird -room, 

 heated to about 50 to 55 degrees." Should the bird do well 

 with me and be in good plumage next February, I hope to 

 send it to the Crystal Palace Show, where I trust many 

 B.N. readers interested in the Parrot family will avail them- 

 selves of the opportunity of seeing it. 



Later: Mr. Tinniswood Miller informs me he has lately 

 visited the Zoo, and finds " they have several species of 



