English Names for the Parrots.



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[Violet Lory, see under ECLECTUS, GRAND].


VIOLET-NECKED LORY (i ). — Eos variegata ; see under RED

LORY (n). ( 2 ) Also occasionally used for the RED-FRONTED


LORY, see above.


WALLACE’S LORY.


*Lory Parrakeet, Edwards’ name for the ORNAMENTAL LORIKEET.

LOUISIADE LORY. =Lorius hypaenochroas.


“ Loury,” rare variant of LORY. Australian dealers’ name for

PENNANT’S PARRAKEET.


LOVEBIRD, a popular name for any member of the African genus Aga-

pornis, and commonly extended to include the similarly shaped

PASSERINE PARRAKEETS of South America, and the well known

Australian BUDGERIGAR. Occasional book variants are Love-

Parrakeet, Love-Parrot. Inseparable, an old synonym. The

following is a list of English names, those referring to other genera

than Agapornis being included in brackets.


ABYSSINIAN LOVEBIRD.


[American Lovebirds, the Passerine Parrakeets ( Psittacula )].


[“ Australian Lovebird,” the BUDGERIGAR].


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CORRESPONDENCE, NOTES, ETC.



SIR,—Although Kingfishers will take little trout—and at trout-breeding

places the fry have to be protected by wire netting—possibly they like better

other kinds of fish. Many years ago (at Hever in Kent) they carried off all my

goldfish, even some of the size one generally sees in glasssbowls, though these

must have proved very hard to get down. I remember they used to hit them

about a good deal before they tried to swallow them. But why I think they

may prefer coarse fish is this. We have in the garden at home (Hampshire) a

line of pools connected by a stream. One of these pools held only three trout (it

held four, until one, a whopper, was taken by an otter who had his kennel in a

reed bed below) but was full of sticklebacks and minnows. The Kingfishers used to

come there then. There was a balcony opposite the pool and we could sit and

watch the birds fishing there in the pool below. A favourite perch was a twig of

pink thorn that hangs over the water, and another the branch of a rowan.

Sometimes one of the Kingfishers would sit on the ground by the edge of the

water and fish from there. I have never elsewhere seen one doing this. A Dab-

chick was also constantly there and was absurdly tame.


Well, this pool leaked—the water got away through the greensand rock—

and in order to get the full quantity of water over the fall we had to run the

pool empty and work at the leak. This proved to be a longish job, and for many



