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The Editor and Dr. Butler,



THE COLLECTION OF BIRDS OWNED BV

MONSIEUR JEAN DELACOUR AT VILLERS-


BRETONNEUX. (Continued from Page 41.)


Parrots.


Ara ararauna, Blue and Yellow Macaw, 3 years, 1 .


— chloroptera, Bed and Yellow Macaw, 1 year, 1 .


— severa, Severe Macaw, 2 years, 1 £.


— macao, Bed and Blue Macaw, 1 year, 1 .


Cacata sulphurea, Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, 2 years, 1 .


— hematuropygia, Bed-vented Cockatoo, 2 years, 1 .


— moluccensis, Bed-crested Cockatoo, 1 year, 1 £, 1 $ .

Eclectics pectoralis, Bed-sided Eclectus, 1 year, 1 J, 1 $ .


Lorius garrulus, Chattering Lory, 2 years, 1 .


Trichoglossus novce-hollandice, Swainson’s Lorikeet, 3 years, 1 J , 1 ? .

mitchelli, Mitchell’s Lorikeet, 1 year, 1 ^,1 $ .

rubritorques, Bed-collared Lorikeet, 1 year, 1 ^,1 ? .

Palceornis torquatus, Indian Bing-necked Parrakeet, 2 years, 1 , 1 2 .


Conurus pertinax, St. Thomas’s Conure, 2 years, 1 J, 1 ? .


Pyrrhura rhodocephala, Bed-headed Conure, 1 year, 1 .


Cyanolyseus patagonus, Lesser Patagonian Conure, 1 year, 1^,1 ? .

Conurus nanday, Black-headed Conure, 3 years, 1 <^, 1 ? .

Platycereus eximius, Bosella Parrakeet, 2 years, 1 <§, 1 2 ■


elegans (Gm.), Pennant’s Parrakeet, 2 years, 1 <$, 1 $ .

pallidiceps, Mealy Bosella, 2 years, 1 $, 1 2 ■

browni, Brown’s Parrakeet, 1 year, 1^,1 $ .


Agapornis nigrigenis, Black-cheeked Lovebird, 2 years, 1 £, 2 ? .


— pullaria, Bed-faced Lovebird, 1 year, 1 $, 1 $ .


— cana, Madagascar Lovebird, 2 years, 2^,2 ? .


Psittacula ptasserina, Blue-winged Parrotlet, 3 years, 2^,2 2 •

Melopsittacus undulatus, Budgerigar, 5 years, 5 J, 5 $ ; 10 young.


Passerine Birds, etc.


Turacus buffoni, Buffon's Touracou,* 2 years, 1 1 2 ; 2 young.


Bamphastus discolorus, Green-billed Toucan, 1 year, 1 ^,1 2 •



* The Touracos laid 8 eggs and had 8 young in 1914. They only reared one

killing the others. In 1915 they killed the first pair and reared the second pair.

They have lately (Oct., 1910) reared another young one.



