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whereas the young birds of the second type mentioned above 

 resemble those of C. chlororhynchus as figured in Captain 

 V. Legge's ' Birds of Ceylon,' or may be even duller and 

 darker. All the young birds I have seen have grey eyes and 

 black bills, flesh-coloured at the base iu the case of the 

 barred specimens. 



PSITTACI. 



The Parrots are of course very important in the present 

 connexion, though many of them are not cage-birds in 

 the literal sense, for they are quite as often chained, as 

 mentioned above ; this is the case even with Parrakeets and 

 Lories. Many foreign species are imported, and some very 

 rare forms occasionally occur ; but, not being specially 

 interested in the group, I have not kept any record of these, 

 and must confine myself to the more usual importations. 

 But I would strongly advise any member of the B. O. U. 

 who likes rare Parrots, or wants specimens of them, not to 

 neglect examining the Calcutta dealers' stocks, if he ever has 

 the opportunity of so doing. 



Family L o r 1 1 d ^. 



The justice of what I have remarked above is evidenced by 

 the iact that Trichoglossus forsteni, which was not even in 

 the British Museum ten years ago, and was only received by 

 the London Zoological Society in 1896, has been, at any 

 rate since I came here in 1894, quite the most commonly 

 imported Lory; indeed, I am not sure that it has not been 

 brought in more numerously than any other exotic Parrot. 

 It thrives very well in captivity, and has bred in the Calcutta 

 Zoological Garden. Trichoglossus swainsuni and T. ornatus 

 are also not uncommon. Of the other Lories, Eos riciniata 

 is, perhaps, the most abundant ; but Lorius garrulus is also 

 plentiful, L. domicella far from rare, and L. lory often to 

 be seen. 



Family Cacatuid^e. 

 The commonest Cockatoos imported are Cacatua sulphurea 



