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been often bred since. Whitley in 1930 reared further

hybrids, viz. Black-cheeked x Nyasa-Black-cheek

hybrid, five young in 1930 and others since. Black-cheeked-

Masked Hybrid x Masked. The result of this cross is

a large-sized Masked.


p. 93. Add: 396. i, Masked Lovebird (A. per sonata). First


breeder : Tavistock in 1927 ; two young were reared and in

the following February he had more young almost ready

to fly. See A.M., 1928, 18, and L’Oiseau, 1928, 59. Since

then have been bred freely elsewhere. About 1928 the Zoo

obtained a blue cock which was mated in 1929 with a normal

hen, which reared a brood of green young. In 1930 the blue

father was mated with one of his green daughters and more

young (green) were obtained. In 1931 three blue young

and a lot more blue-bred were reared, so now there is a good

stock of probable blue-breeders. See Seth-Smith, A.M.,

1931, 235, etc.


p. 228. Add: 396. i, Masked Lovebird, a, Masked x Nyasa

Lovebird. First bred in 1928 by both Bearby and Lewis,

teste Prestwich, A.M., 1929, 78. b, Masked x Fischer’s

Lovebird. First (according to Prestwich, as above), Bearby

in 1928, but two were reared in France by Blanchard in

August of the same year : query, which was first ? Since

these (and other crosses) have been often obtained.


p. 93. Add: 396. ii, Fischer’s Lovebird (A. fischeri). Tavistock

bred them in 1927 and received the French Medal as such ;

see A.M., 1928, 55, and L’Oiseau, 1928, 59, 61. Whitley,

however, was actually the first to rear this species, but

published no record.


p. 228. Add : Fischer’s Lovebird, a, Fischer’s x Nyasa Love¬

bird. First breeder : Dooly, in the United Kingdom in 1928,

teste Prestwich, AM., 1929, 78. b, Fischer’s x Masked

Lovebird. First ( teste Prestwich, A.M., 1928, 305) Mrs.

Miles, of Chichester, in 1928. Since then by others,

notably by Whitley, who has bred them to at least a

second generation, c, Fischer’s X Peach-faced Lovebird.



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