. Bird notes . Bird From Life h>/ Mrs. A. M. CuuL; Parrakeet. All Rights Reserved. July, 1919. BIRD NOTE S: THE JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. Notes on the Great-billed Parraheet. (Tanygnathus macrorhynchiiH). By The Marquis of Tavistock. Probably few aviciilturists have owned this remarkableparrot, though many may be familiar with the specimen at theZooloi^ical Gardens. I obtained four in the winter of 1913—all cocks as itturned out—though. at first, I thought I had two pairs. Thebirds, which were in rough plumage, were kept in a warm roomand given the usual f
. Bird notes . Bird From Life h>/ Mrs. A. M. CuuL; Parrakeet. All Rights Reserved. July, 1919. BIRD NOTE S: THE JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. Notes on the Great-billed Parraheet. (Tanygnathus macrorhynchiiH). By The Marquis of Tavistock. Probably few aviciilturists have owned this remarkableparrot, though many may be familiar with the specimen at theZooloi^ical Gardens. I obtained four in the winter of 1913—all cocks as itturned out—though. at first, I thought I had two pairs. Thebirds, which were in rough plumage, were kept in a warm roomand given the usual food. They agreed well together, althoughtwo years later the three survivors for a time resented theintroduction of a new arrival, although it was a female. vSoon after receiving them I noticed the Great-bills wererather badly infested with tapeworms, of which I succeededridding them by doses of cina in the drinking water. When summer came the birds were turned out, with cutwings, in a grass enclosure,- where they did qu
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