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a capsicum. Maize and peanuts she steadily refuses, but a 
lump of sugar, a little piece of bun or pastry she adores, and 
she IS very keen on walnuts and Brazils. Like all parrots, she 
appreciates a bit of wood, dry or green, to bite and play with, 
and she will eat a grape or a small portion of a pear or apple, 
but what she loves best is a seedhead, green or ripe, of the 
garden Marigold ( Calendula officinalis). Many Meyer's parrots 
have been imported of late years, but they seem to disappear 
from the scene, or, at any rate, one rarely hears of a specimen 
that has lived for many years in England. The reason 
I believe to be that they are too much cosseted, kept in a hot 
atmosphere and made to sleep in boxes. Get a strong, well- 
feathered bird to begin with and treat it rationally and I believe 
it will prove to be not inferior to my well-loved friend in beauty 
hardihood and age. 
Records of Birds which have Bred in Captivity 
By E. Hopkinson, D.S.O., M.A., M.B. 
For meaning of abbreviations vide pages 58-59 (Vol. i). 
(C ontinued from page 4^). 
GAME BIRDS. 
TETRAONIDAE. 
557. — RED GROUSE. Lagopus scoticus. 
I believe that young have been bred in captivity, but cannot find a 
record (E.H.). 
Hybrids. 
X Red Grouse (Black Grouse). 
X Red Grouse (Pheasant). 
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558. — WILLOW GROUSE. L. lagopus. W.T.P. 
Zoo, igog. 
Hybrids. 
* WILLOW GROUSE x CANADIAN GROUSE. 
Vale. " in evidence at the S.K. Museum." fVale. 
In the P.Z.S. 1886 p. 224, are two colourad plates of this cross, but 
wild bred, 
x Willow Grouse (Black Grouse). 
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