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the entry as given , read : Tavistock in Cage-birds , 15£A August,

1925, reported the breeding of this cross in 1925 ; two were

hatched, but one died soon after leaving the nest; the other

was at first thought to be a hen, but turned out a cock.

See A.M., 1925, 231, and 1926, 338. This was the first

success.


p. 91. Add: 392. i, Sula Island King Parrakeet (A. sulcensis

(Rchw.) ). A hybrid record only.


p. 227. 391. Crimson-wing Parrakeet. For the entry as it stands,

read: a , Crimson-wing x Sula Island King Parrakeet.

Bred by Tavistock in 1927, three young reared: a first.

See A.M., 1927, 259, and L’Oiseau, 1928, 38. One of the

young hybrids was presented to the Zoo, where it still (1932)

is ; a strikingly handsome bird, b, Crimson-wing X Rock

Peplar (Black-tailed Parrakeet). Bred by Whitley in 1928*

1929, and 1930, but never recorded. I saw the 1930 brood

(four) in the nest in May; one was shown at the Crystal

Palace, February, 1932. See A.M., 1932, 67; and see

390. b, and 392. b.


p. 289. Hybrid entry 391 ; add as another male parent, the Bluebonnet.


p. 92. 394. Abyssinian Lovebird. Delete the bracketed sentence


at the end of the entry , and read instead : Two English

successes were recorded in 1925. (1) W. Lewis, who reared


two out of four hatched, and gained the A.S. Medal (A.M. r

1925, 292 ; 1926, 71, 116). (2) Groves, who reared one


young bird. This, according to Prestwich writing in A.M.,

1928, 295, was really the first success, Lewis’s occurring

a few weeks later. Shore-Baily in 1926 reared four young

from one nest. The really first success appears to have been

obtained in Germany earlier in 1925 than either of the two

English breeders; see A.M., 1926, 146, and D.G.W., 1926'

and 1927. They have also been bred by others in Germany,,

in France, and in the U.S.A.


p. 92. 395. Peach-faced Lovebird. Add: Whitley breeds them

freely and also hybrids ; success has also been obtained,

in the New York Zoo, teste Crandall’s 1927 List.



