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It is earnestly hoped, therefore, that members will assist by contri¬

butions to the Illustration Fund and by doing their best to increase the

membership.


In view of the remarks of the late Editor, as published in the

Magazine, and to which the Council took great exception, it became

necessary to find a new Editor. Messrs. Pocock and Seth-Smith very

kindly offered to act as temporary co-Editors pending the appointment

of a permanent successor to Dr. Renshaw. This offer was most

thankfully accepted, and the Council feel sure that members will

loyally support these gentlemen who have stepped into the breach

to give them their Magazine by sending them as copy, notes on their

avicultural experiences.



CORRESPONDENCE


LIVE BIRDS FROM BRAZIL


Sirs, —In view of the difficulty of procuring foreign birds at the

present time it may interest your readers to know that M. Jacques

Lefevre is shortly going to Brazil and would be pleased to do his best

to procure any live birds for members. All arrangements shoidd be

made direct with M. Lefevre, whose address is 88 Avenue de

Suffran XV e , Paris. J. L. Boxhote.



THE SENEGAL PARROT


Sirs,- —Mr. Silver in the last number of the Magazine mentions

a Senegal Parrot “ with tomato-red underparts ”, and suggests that

these red birds may be the males and the yellow-breasted the females.


I know these birds well in the Gambia, and as far as Senegal is

concerned this is not so. All the birds are yellow-breasted, and the

differences between cock and hen are slightly and merely structural,

the plumages being identical. 1 have seen two of the red-breasted (or

rather, bellied) to which Mr. Silver refers. One, 1 know, came from

Lagos ; it was one of a couple (both alike in plumage) which had lived

in Oxford for many years after its importation some time in the nineties.

The other I saw on board a ship a few years ago. It came either from

Cameroon or Togoland. I have always understood that in that part



