Parrots. 
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different caq'es. One pair had the yellow eyebrow streak and 
brown eyes, and the other pair no eyebrow streak and white 
eyes. I called the dealer's attention to the fact that he had two 
males in one ca.^e and two females in the other, and he assured 
me that this was not the case, as they were true pairs, and he 
had seen mating- takint^- place, and that the lack of the yellow 
eyebrow streak was due to immaturity. Since then my pair 
have started to flight like demons, and I am now most stronsa^ly 
of the opinion that the dealer was ri.^ht and that there are two 
distinct varieties. ( )ur member. Airs. Burt^'ess, has one of these 
little birds without the eyebrow streak mated to a hen Budt^eri- 
.^ar. and I think that this is another proof that this mark has 
nothing to do with sex distinction. One of Mrs. Burgess's 
birds that recentl\' died in her possession, and which was 
without the eyebrow streak, was proved on dissection to be a 
niale, whilst another that I submitted to a similar examination 
was found to be a hen ! ! 
LOVEBIRDS. 
The Bi.UF.-wiXGED Lovebird (Psittacula passcrina) is 
another delightful little parrakeet. and one which looks prettiest 
in an outdoor aviary where its blue wings and rump look gor- 
geous when in flight. ( )nce acclimatized this is a hardy bird, 
and I have kept them out of doors throughout the winter. I 
have had a nest of young ones, but the cock died just when the 
young ones were ready to leave the nest, and the hen then 
deserted them. They have quite freciuently bred in other 
aviaries. 
The Guiana Parrotlet (P. giiiancnsis ) is a much rarer 
bird. I found it delicate, my specimens only living a fev/ 
months. It differs from P. passcrina by having the back and 
rump green instead of blue. 
The Madagascar Lovebird ( A gapornis carta) is another 
pretty little parrot, and it is sometimes to be purchased for as 
little as _'s. 6d. per i)air. It will breed freely in the aviary, but I 
did not find the young ones that I reared very hardy, altliough 
some of them lived a year or two. They nearly all suffered from 
a species of asthma. If this bird was more highly priced, it 
would probably be valued by aviculturists. as the contrast in the 
