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nised. Tt is very rare thai birds of these species live so loniji:, 
even when at lil)erty. 
Another case of extraordinary loiii^evity is tliat of ilic 
Ja\-an l*eacocl< {I'avu i)i:!liciis ) which Ijelon.^'s to .Matlanic 
Ranibaud, the importer of natural history specimens, who lives 
at Montolivet, near Marseilles. This bird is forty-ei.^iit years 
old. There is nothins^- in its form to show old-age. It is 
still an excellent producer, and four of its young were bred 
last year. 
W'e have already announced that the Marquis of 
Tavistock had received, in ( )ctol)er 1919. a collection of living- 
birds, which had been collected specially for him in New 
(luinea, Java. etc. Lord Tavistock has only kept, except 
thirteen Xew Ciuinea Tri-coloured Parrot-l'^nches ( Erythnira 
tvichroa) the I'sittacides, in the study and breeding of which he 
lias specialised. He has been good enough to send us the 
interesting photographs of the Pesc|uet Parrot, which we 
reproduce here, as well as the following descri])tion of the 
Perruches Parrots of the collection (already noted in B.X.). 
The iNIartiuis of Tavistock still owns a Pyvrludopsis 
splcndcus and a P. tabuciisis, a Gang-gang Cockatoo, some 
many coloured Guildin.g Amazons, which he would willin.gly 
lend to another amateur to mate and try to breed them, provided 
fithat he should promise to be very careful with them and to 
' hand over to him half of the results. 
CUBIST PARRAKEETS. 
I Reprinted from The T'niics. January 8th, \gji. with our 
apologies and thanks to the Authors and Editor — both cuttings 
per Revd. G. H. Raynor. M.A. — Editor " B.X."]. 
Colour .\xd Noise in the Zoo P.\rrot House. 
" There are over 500 species of Parrot coming- from almost every part 
of the world except Europe, and yet with common characters that cannot 
be mistaken. They are sleek, noisy and overdressed, vain, treacherous, and 
attractive." 
'■ In summer the visitor who is not an expert in the group or a student 
of oddities may be content with a passing glance at the screaming row near 
ithe main gates of the Zoo, or at their graceful flight in one of the large 
outdoor aviaries. But in winter time is well spent in a long visit to the 
parrot house, The noise is the first impression, Nesting parrots hiss like 
