

42 Dr. E. HopTcinson—More Additions to Breeding Records


continue breeding with equal success and also to breed then the

Splendid Rosella ( Platycercus splendidus), of which I was able to

acquire three pairs. In addition I hope to breed Pennants and Brown’s

and to be able to report my breeding successes in this Magazine.


Together with the Australian Parrakeets I regard the Australian

Finches as my special favourites, as also does my father, and since

1910 many young birds have seen the light of day here.


In case any reader has rare Parrakeets or Finches to dispose of,

I shall be glad if he will kindly offer them to me.


(Translated by F. S. Elliott )



MORE ADDITIONS TO BREEDING RECORDS 1


By Dr. E. Hopkinson, C.M.G., D.S.O.



(Continued from Vol. X, page 326)


Parrots


p. 76. Add: 329. i, Violet-necked Lory ( Eos variegata (Gm.)).


Bred by Soudee in France in 1926 ; see L’Oiseau, 1927, 15.

Neunzig records (p. 791) a previous incomplete success in

Germany, “ Frau Prowe . . . got as far as two-weeks-old

young,” and gives the reference D.G.W., 1909, 10.

p. 222. Add : 332. Forsten’s Lorikeet, a, Forsten’s x Red-

collared Lorikeet. Bred by Whitley in 1927 ; a first,

but no record published. I saw the young bird in August,

again in the following year, and it is still alive and, I think,

has had brothers or sisters since (1932).

p. 79. 338. Scaly-breasted Lorikeet. For “ 1895 ” in line 1,

read “ 1925 ”, and in line 4, after “ . . . years ago ”, read:

Later he gave me the reference, L’Oiseau, 1925, 287.


1 The page references and numbers are (as in previous parts) those of my

Records of Birds Bred in Captivity (Witherby, 1926) ; new records are indicated

by the addition i, ii, etc., to the number.



