318 Dr. E. Hopkinson—More Additions to Breeding Records


Dutton bred them some years before the War. (Was there

any record published ?—E. H.)


p. 380. No. 380. Alexandrine Parrakeet. After ten years trying

Ezra has bred a Blue Alexandrine from his old blue cock paired

to one of his daughters. Two young resulted, one blue, the other

green. Both did well and I saw them when about six months

old—perfect ! A full account appeared in A.M., 1934, 238.


p. 90. Add : No. 386. ii, Slaty-headed Parrakeet (Psittacula

liimalayana (Lesson) ). Late schisticeps Hodgs. (Hybrid

record.)


p. 226. Add : Slaty-headed Parrakeet x Blossomhead. Tavistock

tells me, 13th August, 1933, that he had reared that season

two young birds of this cross.


p. 92. Lovebirds. Add to the entry in A.M. , 1933, 48, the following.


The first breeder in Europe of the Black-checked x Masked

Lovebird cross was H. Moore, of Tadworth, in 1928 ; for this

success he was awarded the medal of the Soc. d’Acclimatation

de France (see A.M., 1929, 21). For this correction I am

indebted to the breeder’s advertisement in Cage Birds of

7th July, 1933, and a letter from him later. The cross of course

has often been bred since.


When at Paignton in 1933 I saw two very unusually marked

Lovebirds which had been bred there. No. 1, from Black¬

cheeked and Masked parents, had no black at all on the head,

the whole of this area being yellowish-brown. No. 2, was a

true-bred Peachface with an abnormally large extent of pink,

practically the whole head and chest being of this colour.

Another rare colour variety I saw in a West Australian aviary,

a Lutino Lovebird which had appeared among a number

together in an aviary at Fremantle. The breeder unfortunately

did not know which were the actual parents and, equally

unfortunately, I have forgotten which Lovebirds they were,

but I think Nyasa. If the breeder sees this perhaps he will

correct me if I am wrong and also give us details of the

event.


p. 93. No. 399. Yellow-bellied Parrakeet (P. flaviventris



