. Foreign birds for cage and aviary . ks of what I presume was this species, though thenlly specimens I obtained were in immature were feeding on the ground on cow-dung, on thedi-y bed of the Irrawaddy. The following account of the nidificaition by Mr, quoted in Humes Nests and Eggs ofIndian Birds, Vol. III., p. 91: The MadhunGourTota breed in the lofty sal f<nests of the snb-Hima-layan range, and are peculiarly restricted to thislocality when breeding. Any hole in a tree serves fora nest provided it is near the top of the tree, and theeggs are four in number, pu
. Foreign birds for cage and aviary . ks of what I presume was this species, though thenlly specimens I obtained were in immature were feeding on the ground on cow-dung, on thedi-y bed of the Irrawaddy. The following account of the nidificaition by Mr, quoted in Humes Nests and Eggs ofIndian Birds, Vol. III., p. 91: The MadhunGourTota breed in the lofty sal f<nests of the snb-Hima-layan range, and are peculiarly restricted to thislocality when breeding. Any hole in a tree serves fora nest provided it is near the top of the tree, and theeggs are four in number, pure white, and about thesize and shape of those of P. torqiiatus. The commences in March, and is carried on till themiddle of May, when the young birds leave the numbers of them are taken every season whenthey are yet too younig to be able to fly, and carriedto the plains, where they are much prized by thenatives, learning easily to repeat words and phrasestaught them. This Paroquet is generally distributed. 206 FOREIGN BIRDS FOR CAGE AND AVIARY. through the dense and lofty forests, but nowhere is itvery common. On the same page we read : Six eggs vary to inch in length, and from to inchin breadth. A male obtained at South-weist Yunnan by W. S. Wingate {The Ibis. 1900, p. 599) is said tohave had the iris yellowish-brown; as this epeciesvaries in length fi-onr 14 to 16 inches, it is quitelikely that the colourina: of the s-oft parts may have alocal and therefore racial significance. This is a freely imported and fairly popular bird, yetI have not been able to trace it in Handbook,and can only suppose that he confounded it with someother species. I am nnt aware that it has ever beenbred in captivity. It fir.«t reached the London Zoo-logical Gardens in 1871. and other specimens have beenacqiiired from time to time since that date. Javan Parhakeet {Palmornis alexandri). Differs from the preceding in its
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