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411. HOODED PARRAKEET, Ps. dissimilis (late cucullatus).

First success, 1912 ; since then at least six times : U.K. and Australia.


412. Many-coloured parrakeet, Psephotus varius (late multi¬

color). First, France, about 1877 ; since then U.K. and elsewhere.


413. REDRUMP, Ps. hwmatinotus : and hybrids with hens of

the Rosella (a) ; Mealy Rosella (b) ; Bluebonnet (c) ; and Hooded

Parrakeet.


414. BOXJRKE’S GRASS PARRAKEET, Neopsephotus bourkii.


415. Blue-banded grass-parrakeet, Neonanodes chrysostomus.


416. Elegant grass-parrakeet, N. elegans , and hybrids with

the hen Turquoisine.


417. Rock Grass-Parrakeet, N . petrophilus . Bred by Russ teste

Russ.


418. TURQUOISINE, N. pulchella : and hybrids :


TURQUOISINE x ELEGANT. Whitley.


TURQUOISINE X Splendid Grass-Parrakeet. Zoo, 1936.


419. SPLENDID GRASS-PARRAKEET, N. splendidus. The Zoo

record, 1872, was an error. The first breeder was Harvey in Adelaide,

1932 ; he found them easy to breed and has continued to do so every

year since. First bred in the U.K., 1934.


420. NEW ZEALAND PARRAKEET (Red-fronted N.Z. Parra¬

keet), Cyanoramphus novxzelandix. Formerly quite commonly imported

and bred.


421. Golden-crowned n.z. parrakeet, C. auriceps . Bred several

times abroad in early days. The first British record was BouskilFs,

1898, and there have been more recent U K. successes (1934, 1937).

A hybrid with the hen novxzelandix was once bred at the Berlin Zoo

teste Neunzig.


422. Alpine Parrakeet, C. malherbi . One record : France, 1882.


423. Horned parrakeet, Nymphicus cornutus. Neunzig. gives

two early French records and of hybrids with the female Uvsean Parra¬

keet (a).


424. (Uvaean Parrakeet, N. uvxensis . The above hybrid record

only.)


424. BUDGERIGAR. Universally bred and colour-varieties

galore.



