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tailed parrakeet (Whitley, 1928 onwards), and Sula island king

(Tavistock, 1927).


392. KING PARRAKEET, Aprosmictus cyanopygius. Also

hybrids with the females of a. BARRABAND’S PARRAKEET,

U.K., 1936, and the Crimson-wing.


(Sula I. King, A. amboinensis sulaensis.) Only a hybrid record

with the male Crimson-wing.


Red-faced Lovebird, Agapornis pullari. Has been bred

in Germany, teste Hampe.


393. Madagascar lovebird, A. cana (and a cross with the hen

Budgerigar (a) ?)


394. ABYSSINIAN LOVEBIRD, A. taranta.


395. PEACH-FACED LOVEBIRD, A. roseicollis. Frequently

bred. Also hybrids with the hen Masked l.


396. BLACK-CHEEKED LOVEBIRD, A. nigrigenis. Frequently

bred, and the crosses Black-cheeked X PEACH-FACED (a)

and further crosses ; X MASKED and further crosses, and Page

included the cross with (the hen Budgerigar (b) ? ?)


MASKED LOVEBIRD, A. personata. Frequently bred, and

hybrids with female NY AS A and FISCHER’S LOVEBIRDS.


FISCHER’S LOVEBIRD, A. fischeri. First importation,

a single bird, 1925 ; first breeding success, Tavistock, U.K., 1927.

Since then fairly commonly bred, and hybrids with hens of the Peach¬

faced, NYASA, and Masked lovebirds.


NYASA LOVEBIRD, A. lilianae. First success, U.K., 1926.

Since then often, and hybrids with hens of the PEACH-FACED and

BLACK-CHEEKED LOVEBIRDS.


397. PENNANT’S PARRAKEET, Platycercus elegans. Fairly

often bred.


398. Adelaide parrakeet, P. elegans adelaidde, a subspecies

of the Pennant. First bred U.K., 1907. Hybrids :


a. Pennant X Rosella.


b. Pennant X Yellow-naped Parrakeet, 1905.


Adelaide X Rosella. U.K., 1892.


399. Yellow-bellied parrakeet, P. caledonicus. First success,



