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ance between the parents, but larger than either of 

 them and sterile. 



None of the Turquoisines that from time to time 

 have been in my possession have bred, but I know of 



THE TURQUOISINE. 



more than one aviary in which they have done so very 

 freely indeed, and that for years. It is a pity the bird 

 should be so rarely imported, but as it inhabits sparsely 



