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found the eggs had began to hatch ; it is not known how many chicks

there are. It is hoped that Dr. Hopkinson can be persuaded to visit,

examine, and then report, but this must wait until Mr. Conant can

reasonably expect to rear the birds to maturity. After which, I feel

sure, a complete account—giving all detail—would be welcomed for

publication in the Avicultural Magazine. The male Jackdaw will

thrash the spare hen when she calls for a mate, at other times they

are a happy family.



MACAWS BRED IN CONFINEMENT. II


By Dr. E. Hopkinson


Thanks to Mons. Delacour and others I can now amplify the list

of Macaws bred in confinement, which appeared on p. 88 of the

Magazine, and at the same time regret my slip about the red Aras.

I always do (and probably shall) confuse these two names, and should

rather call macao the Scarlet Macaw and chloroptera, the Green-winged.

However, that is by the way, and only shows that nomenclature can

be another pitfall into which one can easily fall, for not only has the

present writer fallen heavily, but the same has happened to the

corrector, for in his notes “ Red and Blue Macaw ” appears for both

the birds.


In the following list, a summary (as abbreviated as possible),

the Latin names, about which there is more certainty, are given first

place, and I hope that now the list is more or less correct, but further

corrections and additions will be gratefully accepted.


Ara ararauna, Blue and Yellow Macaw. Records, 1818-1822,

France ; 1900 (c.), 1931, Germany ; 1926-1935, Australia. Hybrids ,

A. ararauna X macao. California, 1936, teste Delacour,

Avicultural Magazine, 1937, 138 ; 1938, 121.


A. ararauna X chloroptera. Dresden, 1897, teste Neunzig ; Bell,

England, 1937, teste A. Silver in lit. ; Tuke, Ilford, teste Seth-Smith,

Avicultural Magazine, 1938, 30.



