134 How to Sex Cage Birds. 



Golden-backed Hanging Parrakeet (Loriculus chrysonotus). 



The male is slightly larger than the female ; his beak is shorter, 

 less arched, slightly narrower at base. ' ' The female has the cheeks 

 and throat tinged with blue; throat with no red patch; back green, 

 washed with golden ; the golden colour on the head and nape less 

 bright than in the male" (Parrakeets, p. 154). 



Ceylonese Hanging Parrakeet (Loricuhis indicus). 



The male is larger than the female ; his beak is much longer, less 

 arched, narrower at base ; the plumage of the sexes is similar. 



Blue-crowned Hanging Parrakeet (Loriculus galguhts). 



The beak of the male is narrower, slightly longer and less arched 

 than that of the female. The latter sex is distinctly duller in all its 

 colours, has no crimson on the throat or yellow belt across the 

 lower back. 



Sclater's Hanging Parrakeet (Loriculus sclateri). 



No specimens bore sex marks in the Museum, and the colouring 

 appeared to be very variable ; but what seemed most likely to be 

 the males show a broader crimson patch on the throat, and have 

 a more arched beak, whereas in the others the crimson on the throat 

 is represented by a more or less narrow crimson or orange-red 

 longitudinal streak. The question is : Are these differences sexual, 

 or dependent upon age 1 ? Count Salvadori says: "Female. — Like 

 the male." 



Chapter XXVJ. 



BROADTAILS, ETC. (Platycercincb). 



The Zoological Society uses the term " Broadtails " for this sub- 

 family, and I have followed their lead in the second part of Foreign 

 Bird-Keeping ; but Dr Sharpe objects to the term as confusing when 

 applied to Parrakeets, inasmuch as it has also been used for an 

 entirely unrelated group of birds. In like manner one might equally 

 object to the term "Manakin" in use among ornithologists for a 

 group in no way related to the Finches known as Mannikins. At 

 the same time I think it will simplify matters to speak of these 

 Broadtails as "Parrakeets," as has been done in Mr Seth-Smith's 

 admirable work. 



Pennant's Parrakeet (Platycercus elegans). 

 The male is altogether brighter than the female, and shows less 

 green in the tail ; the beak when viewed from above is noticeably 



