102 SPLENDID PABBAKEET. 



On the whole, however, the Splendid one is not an nnamiable bird, 

 but rather the reverse, and as he is handsome, hardy and expensive, 

 it is to be hoped some of the leading dealers in the "fancy'' will 

 advise their correspondents in Western Australia to look him up, cap- 

 ture and send over to us a few more of these desirable birds than 

 they have hitherto done; and we feel sure that if they take our advice, 

 they will find that they have made a more profitable venture than if 

 they had imported some two or three times the number of Paradise 

 Parrakeets, or Blue Mountain Lories; for, even if they asked for the 

 Splendid three times the price of either of the foregoing species, they 

 would be sure to get it, and the purchasers, too, would make an infi- 

 nitely better bargain. 



