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Himalayas, but as I got the bird from the Celebes I have my doubts as to

this identification.


The drawing I am sending gives the true colours of the bird, and I

hope to get some information from the numerous members, if such a bird

has ever been exported to England.


David Ezra.


Calcutta , June 7th, 1905.


[The drawing represents a female of Geojfroyus cyanicollis from the

TMolucca Islands. We are not aware of any living specimen having been

brought to this country. It is a handsome species, the prevailing colour

being green. The male has a bright red face, a blue collar round the nape,

and red upper mandible to his bill. In the female the head is brownish

grey and the bill brownish.—E d.].


THE BROTOGERYS PARRAKEETS.


Sir,—I want very much to know whether I have a Tu'i Parrakeet or


not.


Mr. Jamracli has sent me three kinds of Brotogerys. One is a Canary¬

winged, B. virescens ; another (No 2) he says is Tu’ipara ; but I am not sure.

It has only a slight indication of a yellowish forehead. The flight feathers

are blue, edged with green : the tail is inclined to blue also in the central

feathers. A spot of bright orange immediately under the beak, all the

rest rich green; though 011 the crown of the head there is a faint wash of

blue over the green. And is the 3rd a Tovi? White skin round the eyes,

d.e. whiter than in No. 2 and the Canary-winged. A bright rich green,

with clear yellow under the wings at the shoulders, and the same orange

spot immediately under the bill. Brownish bronze on the wing coverts.

Beak lighter than No 2, whose whole beak inclines to brown as if stained

in coffee.


The supposed Tu'i is very tame, and evidently a young bird.


I have not your book Parrakeets with me; or I would not bother the

author thereof ! ! I do not remember that the Tui' has the orange spot

under the bill. Hubert D. Astuey.


\_Brotogerys tuipara is easily distinguished from B. tui by the bright

orange spot under the bill. B. tui has a conspicuous yellow forehead,

whereas in B. tuipara there is a narrow band of orange in that region. Mr.

Astley’s bird (No. 2) is therefore Brotogerys tuipara, a rarer species than B.

tui. The third bird described is undoubtedly the Tovi Parrakeet, B)otogerys

jugularis. — Ed.]



CONSUMPTION AND TYPHOID IN BIRDS.


Sir,—I am much obliged to Dr. Jas. Geo. Mylan for his courteous reply

to my request “ for particulars of the cases in which he has diagnosed these

diseases in birds, and the grounds for his diagnosis.” He has gone

•considerably beyond this, by entering upon the subject of diphtheria, which



