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green; back, flight-feathers and tail leaf-green: beak reddish-yellow ; eye

bright red ; feet dark grey. It is rather larger and thicker set than the

Perfect Lorikeet with which it has mated. It appears to be very hardy, and

bathes. I do not think it is described in Parrakeets. The Lorikeet comes

from Macassar, Celebes Islands. M. A. Johnstone.


The following reply has been sent to Mrs. Johnstone:


I must say that I am quite unable to identify your Lorikeet. There

appear to be only two species from Celebes —Psitteuteles meyeri and P.

bonthainensis ; but neither of these quite fit your description, as neither

seems to have any blue ou the head. Your description in many points

agrees with the Scaly-breasted Lorikeet ( P. chlorolepidotus) of Australia,

but you doubtless know this species well. I wish there were some means

of comparing your bird with the specimens in the British Museum.


D. SeTh-Smith.


TREATMENT FOR A LEVAILLANT’S AMAZON PARROT :


FOOD FOR PARROTS.


To the Hon. Correspo 7 idence Secretary:


Sir, —I would feel much obliged for your advice respecting a Le

Vaillant’s Amazon that has been in my possession for the last two months.


He won’t touch fruit, hemp seed, monkey nuts, or, in fact anything

that my other Amazons partake of ; eating only a very little white sun¬

flower seed, and his digestion appears to be seriously impaired in con¬

sequence.


For a couple of hours in the morning, and also for a short period in

the evening, he appears the picture of health, climbing about his cage and

turning somersaults round the perches, showing every desire to be taken

notice of, and offering his head to be scratched.


F'or the remainder of the day, however, he sits with his head under

the wing coverts, and his feathers ruffled up, appearing to be constipated,

and a rattling noise occasionally proceeding from his throat. I attribute

his state wholly to the fact of his eating only sunflower seed, but

although I have tried everything he will touch nothing except this

article of diet, which I should say must, by itself, be very unwholesome

unless accompanied by fruit, green food or some other special diet.


D. s. Morse.



Mr. Morse writes later to the Hon. and Rev. Canon Dutton:


I have been again trying boiled Indian corn for the last few days



