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p. 217. 190. Cordon Bleu. Add; b, Cordon Bleu x Blue¬


headed Cordon Bleu. Two broods reared by Decoux in

France in 1929. See A.M., 1931, 37.

p. 217. Add: 191. i, Blue-headed Cordon Bleu, a, Blue- I

headed Cordon Bleu x Cordon Bleu. Decoux [AM.,

1931, 38) says sucb hybrids were bred in Germany in 1929,

and that the young were fertile inter se.

p. 44. Add a footnote : Decoux has a note in A.M., 1932, 114 that he

had read in a German paper that the Violet-eared Waxbill

had been bred in Germany in 1931 ; if so this is a first,

p. 46. 199. Black-headed Weaver. Line 1, delete “ and only ”


and “ as far as I know ”, and add at end of entry : Crandall

in the N.Y. Zool. Bulletin, 1927, 33 records its breeding in

the U.S.A. by Worthington sometime between 1917 and 1926.


In reply to an inquiry I sent him, Mr. Crandall confirms

the species. See also list in Aviculture, January, 1932.



CORRESPONDENCE, NOTES, ETC.


A MACAW BRED IN GERMANY

In Die gefiederte Welt for March, 1932 (p. 110) is a most interesting

account by Herr Muller of the breeding of the Blue and Buff Macaw

(Ara ararauna) in the large aviary at the Essen Tierpark which they

shared with other large Parrots and where all could have free use of

their wings. The following is a rough translation of the essential

facts.


In June of last year three eggs were laid at two-day intervals by

the hen of one of the two pairs of Araraunas in the aviary, and on these

both parents sat assiduously, but unfortunately without result, and

the eggs were removed after six weeks and found to be unfertile. On

5th September another egg was laid, to be followed at two-day intervals

by a second and third, the father and mother again taking turns at

incubation, and always showing the greatest excitement at any

approach, screaming and flapping their wings at every step not only

in the aviary, but even anywhere near outside. After four weeks one



