. Bird notes . e males, and this suppositionturned out to be correct. I had doubts at first, however, be-cause one of these males had on its neck some tiny patchesof red-brown which is seen in the adult hen, and the othermale had a few specks of the same colour on its head. Tretained one pair, and the Oher pair was promptly securedfor the Zoo. T put my pair in a ca^e in a warm aviary and wasglad to see that thov partook freely of all the usual seedssuch as canary, milh^t, jxiddy rice, wheat, oats, hemp andmonkey nuts. Tliey would also oat dried fg^ and prunes, andlater on would eagerly take su
. Bird notes . e males, and this suppositionturned out to be correct. I had doubts at first, however, be-cause one of these males had on its neck some tiny patchesof red-brown which is seen in the adult hen, and the othermale had a few specks of the same colour on its head. Tretained one pair, and the Oher pair was promptly securedfor the Zoo. T put my pair in a ca^e in a warm aviary and wasglad to see that thov partook freely of all the usual seedssuch as canary, milh^t, jxiddy rice, wheat, oats, hemp andmonkey nuts. Tliey would also oat dried fg^ and prunes, andlater on would eagerly take such ripe fruit as plums, pears,cherries, and bananas. T was i-ather suiprised at this as theBlue-rumped Parrots mentioned by Dr. Euss took chieflyhemp, ofcanary seed, millet, and cooked rice only a few fruit they never touched. Tn May. 1912, my hen moulted into adult plumage,but the male did not do so till July. This year they haveagain moulted and they seem to have grown considerably in Bird Top //V///yv—Ht(l-lit-a(lf(l Iir. Middle ji(iare—\A\v\i^\ Streaked Bottom figure—Larger Hed-headetl Crow-Tit. The Bhic-rumpcd Parrot. 120 size. At tinios they aic li\<ly oMou,i,h, but tlicy g-enerallyroniain inolioiilcss and limnp l)ack(Ml. They have quite a plea-sant warhh alil occasioiially .yivc a loud rail note. Whena stranger (Miters the aviary the male will sometimes sus-pend himsoir by tlic lirak only on tlio sido of the cage anddraw up liis |(\us. Ic IIkmi looks a curious object and 1 thinkthis attitude; is a sign of fear. T have not seen them bathebut the water is made (piitc dirty on account of their habitof carrying fruit stones, nutshells, etc., to the water tray anddrooping them in. The only times When they have appearedout of sorts were on the iwo occasions when they returnedhome after being exhibited. They then remained somewhatthick for a few days but happily quite recovered. I recently saw the other pair at the Zoo and was gladto
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