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Three Poeocdphali. 
P. guUelmi. JARDINE'S PARROT. 
" Adult. Green; sinciput, bend of win.n', metacar- 
" pal edge and thiglis ' yclhwish scarlet ' (Jardine) or yel- 
" lo'iv-orunge; lores black; interscapular region, scapulars, 
" upper and under wing-coverts l)lack broadly edged with 
" [green; lower back, rump, upper tail coverts and lower 
".parts bright green with the bases pf the feathers l)Iack- 
" ish; quills blackish, the primaries narrowly edg(;d with 
" olive on the outer web, secondaries more or less edged 
"iwith green; tail black; the tip of the maxilla and the 
"Iwhole of the mandible greenish black; the base of the 
" maxilla, cere, and bare space round the eye flesh-colour; 
" tarsi and feet greyish black (Jardine). Total length a- 
" bout 11 inches, wing" 7.4 inches, tail 3.2 inches, bill 1.3 
" inches, tarsus 0.62." (B.M.C., Vol XX.) 
"Jack," as I now call my Aubry's, is undoubtedly 
a very good-looking bird, his scarlet patches conti'asting very 
vividly with the dark green colour of his body, but his beak 
seems rather large in proi^ortion to his other members, at 
any rate, as compared with my Meyer's and my Senegal. 
His diet is similar to theirs, and he has learnt to eat spray - 
millet and seedheads of marigold {Calendula) since he came 
into my possession. Fruit, such as plums and cherries, h& 
keenly appreciates, and cracks the stones with considerable ease. 
I iiad some difficulty at first in persuading him to leave his 
cage, but he is now invariably ready for his daily outing, and 
now and then indulges in a bath, and I quite hope to tame 
him sufficiently to come upon my shoulder and allow his head 
to be scratched — but there is no doubt that his beak is a 
very formidable weapon! I got very few particulars from 
his vendor, but don't think he has been very long in Eng- 
land, but what concerns me chiefly is the welcome fact that 
he seems strong and healthy, and thoroughly acclimatised. 
As for the third species of Poeocejjhalus which I de- 
light to own, there is but little need to say that it is " Bes- 
sie," the well-known female specimen of Meyer's Parrot, about 
whom a great deal has been said and written; so 1 Avill 
only remark here that she is now about half-way through her 
moult, shows no sign of ageing, and is as active, beautiful, 
and friendly as of yore. 
