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Parrot Finches. 
wintering- out of doors if there is a good shelter attached 
to the aviary. 
There is no need to increase these impressions as all 
bear a strong family likeness to those already given. 
Mrs. Johnstone found them to he free bi-eeders and 
she also successfully crossed them with the Common Parrot - 
Finch. (The resultant hylirids possessed ))!uish heads and a 
red throat, thus readily distinguishing them from the species). 
This species has also been bred quite freely on the Conti- 
nent; some of which have reached this country, and being 
related birds probably accounts for some having had I)ut poor 
success with the species. 
In 1910 our member Mr. W. R. Temple had nine 
young birds of this species Tully reared in his aviary. Dr. 
Amsler has also bi'ed the species, but he has already recorded 
his experience with this and other Parrot -Finches. 
Though not so brilliantly coloured as the Common 
Parrot -Finch, the Three-coloured is very pleasing in its 
softly blended garment of green, blue, and red. It only 
needs to be more freely imported for it to become a general 
favourite 
The Pin- tailed Paerot-pinch {E. prnsina). It is 
to be regretted that so beautiful and freely imported a species 
is not longer lived in captivity, as though there are notable 
instances of longevity, the majorii^y of aviculturists look long 
at their money, moderate as the price is, before parting* 
with it for newly imported specimens of this species, and 
notwithstandmg the lengthy period it has been known to 
captivity and kept, the record and experience of loss, has, as 
yet, thrown but little light as to the causation thereof. 
Personally, I must confess that I have had very few 
of this species and most of the specimens which have come my 
way have been established birds which I have given a home 
to; most of these had generally been more than a year, some 
two or three in captivity, but three years was the longest 
a specimen has lived with me, most joining the majority 
within a year; however, they all had to take their chance 
with other Finches out of doors during the summer months 
and to share an indoor llight with small soft -bills during 
the wintei'. Ihe one which lived three years with 
