Visit to Members' Aviaries. 
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The Broadtails are not notorious for amiability during- the 
breeding" season, but Barnard's is one of the most amiable of 
the group. 
Description — Adult iiuilc: (Ireen; forehead bright red; 
top of head, cheeks, upper breast, abdomen, centre of wings, 
and rump verditer-green ; a broad crescentic band of brownish- 
g^reen passes across the hind-head extending from eye to eye; 
a broad orange-yellow band crosses centre of abdomen; smaller 
wing-coverts rich blue ; greater wing-coverts and secondaries 
green, blue at base; tail green, blue at base, and bluish-white at 
tips. Bill light horn-colour; feet brownish. 
The female is a little duller in colour and has a smaller 
head, and slighter upper mandible. 
This species has not bred freely in captivity, though Lord 
Tavistock and another aviculturist have been fairly successful 
with it. Will Lord Tavistock kindly favour us with an account 
of his success ? 
There is really no reason why Barnard's should not be 
as freely and easily bred as the Red Rosella Parrakeet, and it 
certainly would be worth the while of members to try and secure 
pairs. 
Ring-necked Parrakeet (Palacornis torquatus) : This 
is one of the most freely imported and one of the longest known 
to aviculture of all parrakeets; yet it has been successfully bred 
on but few occasions, and another point in its favour is that 
the sexes can be easily told in adult birds, for the hen has no 
black and pink neck-ring. Its beauty is undeniable, and a pair 
would adorn any aviary. 
Mrs. Burgess' pair were a perfect picture, lovely bloom, 
not a feather out of place and very steady. 
It is a native of India, which country supplies so many 
other beautiful birds to adorn our aviaries and increase our 
knowledge of the world's avifauna. 
Moustache Parrakeet {P. fasciata): This is not so 
graceful a bird as the preceding, but a perfect pair, as were Mrs. 
Burgess', are beautiful indeed. 
They are hardy and can be wintered out of doors with 
ease, and Mr. Shore Baily found them to take no notice of the 
