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nearly allied si)ecies 0. iiiolinof, which also conies from northern 
S. America, Mr. C. B. Brown writes: 
" riic native name of this bird is ' Nanaquali.' It is easily tamed, 
■• readily inieHirecds with domestic fowl,-, and the hybrids are said to l.e 
" ver)' pugiiacioii.s. Its native name is said to be ilerived from its cry of 
" ' Nannaquoi.' Its nest is built of sticks placed in a low tree. The 
" eg-gs, four in nunil)er, are speckled, and little inferior to those of a 
" fowl in size." 
In U)i4 our member .Mr. Sui^gitt bred 0. z'ctula. and an 
account of this appeared in B.N. 1915; but the species does not 
appear to have been often kept in this country. 
In the photos, herewith the dappled breast and the wattles 
on one of the birds are plainly shown. 
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Red-Collared Lorikeet 
(Tric/wglossus rubritorques ; Vigors and Horsfield.) 
Bv A. Dkcoux. 
[Reprinted from " L.'UISEAU " for June, 1920, with our 
compliments and thanks to Author and Editor — translated by 
Maj. A. E. Snape.— Ed. B.N.] 
The Editor of the L'Oiscau asks me to add to the 
interesting article, which one has just read, a few details on 
the life of the Lori a collier rouge in its free state, and on its 
acclimatisation in Europe. A description also of this parrot 
will not perhaps appear useless, for although it was first 
imported several years ago, it is still a rare bird in the French 
aviaries. 
Desckiptjox : The head is of a brilliant blue ; the tip of 
each feather is of a darker hue than the middle; each of these 
is distinctly separated from the others, and the whole head 
seems to be a mass of scales; the blue of the throat is bot:nded 
by a dark green line; the chest is orange-red, tlie neck of the 
same shade is bordered by a blue band at the back of the neck ; 
the wings, the back, and the tail are green, the top of the back 
being more or less marked with orange-red, which is especially 
to lie seen wlien tlie bird stretches its neck. The imier plumage 
of the wing is vermilion; the feathers on the sides yellow, 
bordered with green; those which form the nether co\-ering of 
