; the island state of . In recent years, thousands of over­ AN AUSTRALIAN VIEWPOINT seas v.isitors, including many by Graeme Hyde Americans, have traveled to Elliminyt, , Australia for a holiday "Down Under" where they have marvelled at the beauty of the rosellas---one of the natural won­ ders of the Australian countryside. These parakeets which are, with the tne History of odd exception, gaudily colored are commonly known as broadtail par­ rots and collectively as rosellas. The Rose1las scientific name for the genus, Platycercus, denotes this fact, i.e. Platys is Greek for flat and cercos is in Australian Greek for tail.

Introduction Sixty years ago Neville W. Cayley, a The Distinctive Markings noted Australian ornithologist, wrote, ofthe Rosellas s stated in the accompanying "The second illustration of an Each Australian has two R. article by Dale Thompson, Australian was painted .. , [by] obvious plumage characteristics: 1) A"the rosella group of the artist, William Ellis, executing a well-defined cheek patches (white or originates from Australia and they are water-colour drawing of the yellow); and 2) the scalloped pattern one ofthe largest ofthe Australian par­ Tasmanian ." This paint­ on their back whereby each feather is rot families." The fact that there are a ing, dated 1777, is in the British usually edged with the general body total of 19 and Museum (since renamed The Natural color of the (i.e. red, yellow or (Hutchins & Lovell), together with their History Museum). The earliest known green). The mottled effect on the back striking colors, has combined to attract painting of an Australian parrot was a of each species or subspecies is a fea­ the attention of bird lovers, naturalists, female Red-tailed Black Cockatoo ture unique to the rosellas which are ornithologists, scientists and avicultur­ which is also in the same museum. all medium-sized birds that feature ists. I believe this reference to the long gradated tails. There is no doubt that the color, Tasmanian rosella is an interesting, variety, and individuality of the albeit different, way of introducing the Popularity as a Captive Bird Australian rosellas is the reason for the history of the rosellas to Watchbird The rosellas have always been a interest in these fascinating parrots by readers. One or more species or sub­ popular aviary bird in Australia and, in aviculturists in the United States, species of this fascinating and colorful days gone by when trapping of native Europe, the United Kingdom, New group of birds are to be found in each birds was allowed (taking native Zealand and Australia. state of mainland Australia, as well as Australian birds from the wild is now banned), it was quite common for people to take young parrots from the wing bar on the male. the dark-eyed yellow Plumhead and I nest and handrear them as pets. In the This male dark-eyed yellow Plum­ keep hearing the rumor that it may be case of the rosellas they would usually headed Parakeet was paired with a coming into the U.S. obtain the species that was common to normal female and there were three Or maybe it is in the country. Could their area. juveniles on the perch with them. The that be true? I'm sure Roger Bringas, of All the rosellas are popular as aviary dark-eyed yellow Plumhead is a reces­ North Hollywood, California would birds in Australia. I believe there are sive mutation so all of the three off­ know as he has been the person to four reasons for this popularity: spring on the perch were split to the bring in so many ofthe beautiful muta­ 1. their beautiful colors; mutation color. tions from Europe. 2. their hardy nature and longevity; The sex-linked lutino Plumhead is No matter what, I will always 3. their suitability to captivity; very similar in appearance to the dark­ remember the first time I observed this 4. their basic dietary needs are easily eyed yellow. I saw the bird that Mr. new mutation and stood there in awe met. Fitzsimmons had brought into the for several minutes. I even had to go country. If I were to acquire one of back for a second look. This was a Early History-1930s these beautiful mutations, I would mutations that was good on the eyes. I We know that the various members work on getting the dark-eyed yellow do hope to see this bird someday in of the rosella family have been kept form as it is very much stronger. I keep the aviaries ofan American aviculturist. and bred in Australian aviculture for a hearing over the years about the fur­ If you see one, please let me know. I long, long, time. It is difficult to trace ther reproduction by Mr. Postema on will be waiting by the telephone. ". the early history of captive breedings the afa WATCHBIRD 45 however, partly because the first avi­ for anyone to contribute an article on linked with each other, culturally and cultural society in Australia was not the history of the rosellas in Australian aviculturally. formed until 1928--150 years after the aviculture. Even though I have been a European settlement of Australia. member of the Melbourne-based Fauna Regulations The oldest society, the Avicultural Avicultural Society of Australia (found­ Australia is similar to the United Society of South Australia (ASSA) was ed in October 1940) for 44 years, a States of America in that the country is founded in , South Australia, member of the committee (board of divided into states (two are known as in 1928. This progressive society is still management) for 28 years, and editor territories) which are governed by a as active as ever. Although the ASSA of its monthly journal for the past 22 State/Territory Government, as well as had a "South Australian Section" in years (as at December 1997), it is still having a federal government e.g. Australian Aviculture, the monthly difficult-despite my ongoing interest Commonwealth Government of journal of the Avicultural Society of in the Australian rosellas, both in the Australia. All native fauna and flora Australia, for almost nine years (April wild and in captivity-to write a his­ "belongs" to the nation and is fully 1949 - December 1957) it was not until torically definitive article on the sub­ protected. For example, it is illegal to February 1958, 30 years later after its ject. remove any native Australian bird from formation, that the Avicultural Society Because ofthe difficulty in historical the wild. This heritage is fully policed. of South Australia began publishing its accuracy I have decided to discuss the Each state or territory has its own own magazine-Bird Keeping in first breeding of each species in the fauna regulations under which citizens Australia. following way: can keep native Australian , I've included this "club" information • Give the "first official breeding for birds, and reptiles in captivity. to assist readers of Watchbird to more South Australia" as the earliest known Common birds such as the Budgerigar, easily understand why, prior to 1928, date of the particular species being Cockatiel, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo there was no publication available for "officially" bred in Australia. and Rose-breasted Cockatoo (Galah) the recording the avicultural pursuits • Placing in brackets the date ofthe can be kept without the requirement of the day, let alone the breeding first known captive breeding in the of a wildlife license. records of the Australian rosellas. United Kingdom. Note: There are plentiful stocks of Australia suffered from the same This will give a particular type of aviary-bred native Australian birds problem experienced in other coun­ historical perspective to the subject always available from private avicultur­ tries-bird keeping magazines were and, at the same time, will acknowl­ ists and bird dealers to meet the occasionally launched, but eventually edge that following colonization of demands ofthe hobby. Sometimes it is ceased publication. For example, a Australia by England in 1788 many hard to sell surplus parrots. One avi­ short-lived but informative weekly species of Australian birds were culturist I know has 30 Golden-shoul­ magazine, Australian Cage Birds trapped and sent to England by boat dered Parrots that he is unable to sell, Weekry, was published for several for the cage bird trade in the u.K. The because there is no demand for them, months (maybe longer?) in 1936-1937. early records for breeding Australian even at $120 Australian a pair. In format this publication was based birds in Britain, despite the long three Records of the species which are on the English weekly Cage & Aviary months sea voyage, is an historical kept by an individual and held under Birds newspaper. Perhaps the impact acknowledgement that such birds license (e.g. in my state, the State of of World War II caused its early were adaptable to captive breeding­ Victoria, all the rosellas and other pop­ demise. especially in aviaries. It also recognizes ular species such as the Splendid Likewise, the Victorian Avicultural that despite being 12,000 miles apart, Parakeet and the Princess of Wales Society existed in 1932. This was Australia and England are intrinsically Parakeet) must be kept in a Protected Melbourne-based but, for some Wildlife Record Book. Let me illustrate: Twice a year in unknown reason disappeared without Distribution of Rosellas leaving any record of its aims and in Australia Victoria the license holder must send achievements. A similar thing occurred in a return on a form provided by the in in the 1930s when fauna department (Department of the "original"(?) Perth-based Avicultural Natural Resources & Environment) Society of Western Australia came and which shows numbers held of each went without leaving any information species, plus the acquisitions, breed­ behind about its existence or achieve­ ings, sales and deaths that have taken ments. The present day Avicultural place over the previous six months. Society of Western Australia, which This form is sent to the department was founded in Perth in 1956, is still within 14 days ofthe end ofMarch and extremely active. .. September each year. Although of necessity this commen­ The Private Wildlife License, which tary about societies and publications is WGREEN ROSELLA is issued under the Wildlife Act 1975, brief it should make it clear to the must be renewed each year on the due American reader just how difficult it is date and by payment of the set fee.

46 January/February 1998 There are three license schedules: ering or partly covering the roof for It could be postulated that the nom­ Category 1 covers most of the "com­ two or three reasons. Again, I'll leave inate race of the , P. e. mon" aviary birds kept in Australian this aspect ofmanagement for the con­ eximius, was first bred in captivity in aviaries; Category 2 includes species tributors on the various species to Australia a few years after European such as the Golden-shouldered Parrot; comment upon. settlement, maybe as early as 1800, as and Category 3 which embraces the the species was (and still is) abundant rarer species, e.g. Gang Gang The Eight Rosella Species in the wild. Because of the ease with Cockatoo and Swift Parrot. The annual There are eight recognized species which this beautiful bird could be license fee in Victoria in Australian cur­ of rosellas. This differs slightly accord­ trapped legally in days gone by there rency is (approximately): ing to different authors but for the pur­ is no way of knowing when it was first • Category 1 - $30 pose of this article we will discuss the captive bred in Australia. • Category 2 - $75 following eight species: Eastern, The Golden-mantled Eastern • Category 3 - $120 Pennant's, Adelaide, Yellow, Mealy, Rosella, Platycercus eximius cecilae, In the State ofVictoria the licensee's Brown's, Green and Stanley. In addi­ was first officially bred in South birds can be inspected by departmen­ tion, each of these species will be the Australia by Alan H. Lendon in 1948. tal officers at any time--even at the subject of an article, one at a time, by [In the United Kingdom the nominate weekend. an Australian aviculturist in future race, P. eximius eximius, was first bred Although the foregoing may seem issues of Watchbird. by C. P. Arthur in 1889. The Golden­ foreboding, the system of having a mantled Eastern Rosella, Platycercus license for the "privilege" of being Eastenl Rosella eximius cecilae was first bred by the allowed to keep native birds in private Without doubt the Eastern Rosella, Duke of Bedford in 1934]. aviaries is really quite straightforward, Platyeercus eximius, is a gaudily col­ especially if you obey the law. At least ored parrot probably the gaudiest of Pennant's Rosella the Aussie aviculturist is allowed to the Platycercus genus. The nominate This strikingly beautiful rosella, keep native birds. species and the race P. e. cecilae have Platycercus elegans, whose correct between them a large distribution on common name is , has Suitable Type ofAviary the mainland ranging from southeast­ long been a favorite both in settled As in other countries, the aviary ern through central-east­ areas (e.g. suburbia) as well as the design and size varies but to general­ ern , most (but not forests of the countryside. Named in ize the average sized aviary used in all) ofVictoria, through to southeastern 1792 after T. Pennant, a British zoolo­ Australia for housing a breeding pair of South Australia. The race P. e. cecilae, gist and author, this popular rosella is rosellas would vary from 12-18 feet in the "true" Golden-mantled Rosella, widely known in New Zealand, length, 3-4 in width and 6-8 feet in which is found in the northern part of America, England and Europe by the height. This size aviary is considered the Eastern Rosella's range is a highly alternate name ofPennant's Rosella. In ideal for the Eastern, Pennant's, prized rosella in Australian aviculture 1789, only a year after Australia was Adelaide, Yellow, Mealy, Brown's and because of its opaline markings settled, Arthur Phillip, the Governor of Green Rosellas. whereby the "... mantle, scapulars, Port Jackson (now the city of Sydney), As the Stanley Rosella is a much back and wings are margined with rich wrote that the Pennant's Rosella was smaller bird smaller aviaries are con­ yellow and the rump and upper tail­ "not unfrequent about PortJackson." sidered adequate, viz., 6-8 long, 2-3 coverts are greenish-blue" (Hutchins & In my opinion it is the most striking feet wide and 6-7 feet high. Lovell). This color variation gives the and beautiful of the rosellas, yet it has The Australian contributors to this Golden-mantled race an attractive never been widely kept as an aviary rosella series in The A.FA Watchbird appearance. The race found in the bird in Australia due, no doubt, to it Journal will each mention the type of island state of Tasmania is the sub­ being such a common species in the aviary and style of nestbox they con­ species P. e. diemenensis. It is the wild. A measure of the abundance of sider suitable for the species they are "most brilliant of the Eastern Rosellas" Pennant's Rosella in the wild in certain writing about. In the case of aviaries (Hutchins & Lovell) and its cheek country areas can, to some degree, be this will also include walkways, safety patches, which are larger than those of summarized by the experience of our doors, shelter sections and open, cov­ the mainland birds, are snow white in eldest son who lives in a small isolated ered, or partly covered roofs. color. township in the Otway Range (28 Historically, Australian aviculturists It is sad to record that the Eastern miles from the country city we live in). who live in the temperate areas of the Rosella is seldom kept by Australian He has noticed that during the spring­ continent housed and bred the rosellas aviculturists because it is such a com­ time breeding season these birds are (and other medium sized parrots) in mon and easily observed species in so abundant and so unafraid when aviaries that were relatively open to the wild. The suggested price for an feeding on the edge of the road that the elements, i.e., shallow shelter with adult pair of aviary-bred Eastern unless he is extremely careful, he long flight that featured a wire mesh Rosellas is only $US 50 (Avicultural could run over them as he drives his roof. In more recent times many such Society of Australia "Guide to Bird car along the roadway. parrot breeders have switched to cov- Prices - 1997-1998"). It is a common species where I live the afa WATCHBIRD 47 in southwestern Victoria and is a regu­ Yellow Rosella (Dale Thompson was a guest speaker lar visitor to our garden throughout the This beautiful rosella, Platycercus at this convention). Because they are year where it likes to alight and feed in elegansflaveo1us, is a true "bird of the such a common sight in this part of the uppermost branches of one of the river," its natural distribution being Australia the Queenslanders didn't native trees. One the joys centered on the Murray-Murrumbidgee bother looking at them. of my life is to call to Pennant's Rivers system of inland Australia. The When feeding on the ground in the Rosellas when they are perched in a first time I saw the Yellow Rosella in wild this species is quiet. Because of tree and have them "return" their musi­ the wild was when I was traveling this, together with the mottled back cal call- kwik-kweek-kwik. adjacent to the Murray River. To see a coloration, they are often not noticed The nominate race of the several pair or small flock of this striking yel­ or disturbed by humans. subspecies of Pennant's Rosella, low parrot fly through the trees along­ The Mealy Rosella, Platycercus Platycercus elegans elegans, was first side or above the waterway is a sight adscitus palliceps, was first officially officially bred in South Australia by E. not to be forgotten. bred in captivity in South Australia by B. Cox in 1936. [The same race, P. e. In Australia the Yellow Rosella is U. F. Coneen in 1937. The Blue­ elegans, was first bred (officially) in the not as popular in captivity as the close­ cheeked race, Platycercus adscitus United Kingdom by H. Jary in 1871.] ly related Pennant's Rosella. Some adscitus, was not officially bred in cap­ authorities, including Hutchins and tivity in South Australia until 1966 Adelaide Rosella Lovell, consider the Yellow Rosella to when Alan H. Lendon was successful. Although Joseph Forshaw, the be a subspecies of Pennant's Rosella. [The Mealy Rosella, P. a. palliceps was noted Australian ornithologist, believes My most memorable sight of this first bred in the United Kingdom by C. the Adelaide Rosella, Platycercus ele­ species in the wild was in the Hattah­ P. Arthur in 1889.J gans adelaidae, is a separate species, Kulkyne National Park, in the far other experienced field observers (e.g. northwest ofVictoria where I observed Brown's Rosella Hutchins & Lovell) consider it to be a 15 Yellow Rosellas bathing at the edge This strongly marked rosella, subspecies of the Crimson Rosella. of Lake Mournpall. It was "a sight not Platycercus venustus, whose correct Either way, it is a most attractive rosel­ to be forgotten." This species is close­ common name is is la despite being duller than the well­ ly associated with the River Red Gum, widely known in America, the United known and ever-popular Pennant's Eucalyptus camaldulensis, a majestic Kingdom and Europe by its alternative Rosella. Its feeding in the wild and and beautiful tree that lines the edge of name-Brown's Rosella. It inhabits the breeding in its natural habitat are simi­ such waterways. "Top End" of Australia, frequenting lar to Pennant's. The Yellow Rosella was first offi­ northwestern and northern Australia It has been recorded (Forshaw) that cially bred in captivity in South from the Kimberley division of in the areas of South Australia where it Australia by H.]. Packer in 1946. [The Western Australia east to the Northern is found naturally that"... there is some Yellow Rosella was first bred in the Territory-Queensland border. It is also local demand for Adelaide Rosellas, United Kingdom by W. Fasey in 1904.] found on some ofthe larger (northern) especially hand-reared birds, which offshore islands. are kept as pets ... " From my observa­ Mealy Rosella Because Brown's Rosella is a tropi­ tions of parrot collections around As is the case with most blue-col­ cal bird, its habits and general Australia this species is not popular as ored parrots, the Mealy Rosella, demeanor are quite different from the an aviary bird compared to other rosel­ Platycercus elegansflaveolus, is a strik­ other rosella species. Although popu­ las (e.g. Mealy Rosella). ing bird which features yellow, white, lar in Australian aviculture, it is not The Adelaide Rosella inhabits areas violet-blue, red and black. Its coloring widely kept and, due to the difficulty around the city ofAdelaide, the capital is unique among the Australian par­ in arranging compatible pairs, does not city of South Australia. One of life's rots. The nominate subspecies, the breed as easily as the other rosellas. In pleasures (for me) is to visit Adelaide, Blue-cheeked Rosella, P. a. adscitus, is addition, it is intolerant of damp, cold a delightful compact garden city, with restricted to northeastern Queensland conditions which means that only an abundance ofparklands adjacent to whereas the Mealy Rosella experienced aviculturists should keep the city center. An even greater plea­ (Paleheaded Rosella) is distributed them. Because it consumes a wide sure is to watch pairs of Adelaide from northern Queensland south to range of insect life in the wild (includ­ Rosellas fly through suburban park­ northern New South Wales, where it ing beetles and grubs) it is prone to lands! avoids the highlands and frequents tapeworm infestation-a factor that There is no record for the first offi­ more open areas including woodlands, should be monitored at all times with cial captive breeding of the Adelaide grasslands, and trees bordering rivers. captive birds. Rosella in South Australia but the I will never forget my first sighting Brown's Rosella was first bred offi­ noted Adelaide ornithologist and avi­ in the wild of this magnificent rosella cially in captivity in South Australia by culturist, Alan H. Lendon, bred this which occurred in 1983 on the lawn Alan H. Lendon in 1939. [The first species for the first time in 1951 after outside the Bardon Convention Centre known breeding of Brown's Rosella in five unsuccessful years of trying to during the national avicultural conven­ the United Kingdom was by the Duke breed this locally common rosella. tion held in Brisbane, Queensland. of Bedford in 1928.] 48 Janualy/Febrmlly 1998 other overseas countries. It is the References Green Rosella smallest member of the Platycercus Cayley, N. W. Australian Parrots: Their Habits The Tasmanian or Green Rosella, in the Field and Aviary. Angus & genus and its fine, slim build, together Robertson, Sydney, Australia: 1938. Platycercus caledonicus, is the most with the distinct differences between Christidis, L. &·Boles, W. E.: The and common parrot resident in the island the sexes, makes it a particularly inter­ Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Royal Australasian state of Tasmania. The other rosella esting species. Ornithologists Union, Hawthorn East, resident in Tasmania, which is south of It is the only rosella found in south­ Victoria, Australia: 1994. P. Coles, D. "First Breeding Records for Australian mainland Australia, is the e. dieme­ western Western Australia where it Birds Bred in the United Kingdom." nensis race of the Eastern Rosella, a inhabits "... the wettest, and lushest, Australian Aviculture: 186-188, 1997. subspecies confined to eastern area of south Western Australia" Forshaw, ]. M. Australian Parrots (second [rev.] ed.). Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne, Tasmania, which features large snow­ (Hutchins & Lovell). It also lacks Australia: 1981. white cheek patches. cheek-patches when immature. .Hutchins, B. R. & Lovell, R. H. Australian The Green Rosella, which occurs The southwestern inland form, Parrots: A Field and Aviary Study. Avicultural Society of Australia, only in Tasmania and some of the off­ known in Australia as the Red-backed Melbourne, Australia: 1985. shore islands, frequents "... all habitats , Platycercus icterotis Hyde, G. "Bird-Watching in Hattah-Kulkyne except moorlands and farmlands National Park." Bird Keeping in xanthogenys, is a strikingly colored Australia, 113-115: 1993. devoid of tracts of timber" (Forshaw). subspecies of the Stanley Rosella. Hyde, G. "The Rosellas of Australia." Bird Talk, The terrain they frequent ranges from True-to-color specimens are highly September 1996. Lendon, A. H. (Revision of) Neville W. Cayley's high mountains (by Australian stan­ prized in Australian aviculture-and Australian Parrots in Field and dards, e.g., up to approximately 4,600 rightly so. Cognizance ofthis is the dif­ AViary. Angus & Robertson, Sydney, feet) which are mostly covered with ference in the suggested price, Australia: 1973. Pizzey, G & Knight, F. The Graham Pizzey & dense forests to open grazing and between members of the Avicultural Frank Knight Field Guide to the Birds cereal growing country through to Society of Australia, when the nomi­ of Australia. Angus & Robertson, other habitats including shrub covered nate race P. i. icterotis is priced at Pymble, Australia: 1997. areas. $US82 per pair, whereas the Red­ Recommended Reading My first sighting of this large para­ backed race P. i. xanthogenys is listed 1. Australian Parakeets and Their Mutations by keet in the wild was of small flocks of at $US375 a pair ("Guide to Bird Prices Herman Kremer. Published by Uitgeveri Ornis, Noordbergum, The adult birds flying from treetop to tree­ - 19971998"). Netherlands top, at treetop height, in the suburbs of The Stanley Rosella, Platycercus 2. Australian Parrakeets: Their maintenance and breeding in Europe by Dr. H. D. Hobart, the island's compact and beau­ icterotis icterotis, was first officially Groen. Published by Dr. H. D. Groen, tiful capital city. I quickly became bred in captivity in South Australia by Haren (Gr.), The Netherlands. aware of how well they blended in H. J. Packer in 1936. [The first known 3. Australian Parrots by Joseph M. Forshaw. Published by Lansdowne Editions, with the foliage of the trees due to breeding of the Stanley Rosella, P. i. Melbourne, Australia. their somber coloration-particularly icterotis, in the United Kingdom was 4. Australian Parrots: A Field and Aviary Study the green and black scalloped wings. achieved by Messrs. Astley, Fasey, and by B. R. Hutchins and R. H. Lovell. Published by the Avicultural Society In Australian aviculture it is the least Perkins in 1908.] of Australia, Melbourne, Australia. popular of all the rosellas because of 5. A Guide to Rosellas by Kevin Wilson, its dull coloration compared to the Mutations Published by Australian Birdkeeper, Tweeds Heads South, Australia. other rosellas. Due to the colder cli­ As is to be expected, several muta­ 6. Parrots: Their Care and Breeding by mate of its natural breeding habitat tions have evolved over the years and Rosemary Low. Published by Blandford Press, Poole, England. (Tasmania's weather comes straight up this phase of rosella-culture has many 7. The Rosellas by Jim Hayward. Published by from the Antarctic and can be extreme­ followers. Suffice to say that some Aviculturist Publications, Carterton, ly cold) young Green Rosellas cannot mutants are exceedingly striking, e.g. England. tolerate the excessive hot weather the blue mutation ofPennant's Rosella; About the Author which frequently prevails in the other some are softer and attractive, e.g. cin­ Graeme Hyde began in the hobby 52 years areas of Australia where it is kept in namon mutation of the Eastern ago. He has been secretary of the Avicultural Society of Australia for 15 years and editor of captivity. Rosella; whilst others are of question­ Australian Aviculture, the society's monthly journal The first official breeding of the able value. As in the production of for 22 years. He was on the staff of the Royal Green Rosella in captivity in South other aviary birds (e.g. the Gouldian Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU), Melbourne, for five years and edited the quarterly Australia was by R. E. Lewitzka in Finch Erythrura gouldiae) it is essential RAOU Newsletter (now Wingspan). He was the 1938. [The Duke of Bedford, 1934, was to continue to breed "true to color" only person in the world editing an avicultural journal and an ornithological magazine at the same the first person to officially breed the birds so that ample stocks of the nor­ time. Green Rosella in the United Kingdom] mally-colored bird are available, both His interest in studying native Australian birds now and for future generations of avi­ in the wild has evolved over the years and was stimulated by working with the RAOU. He was the Stanley Rosella culturists, because there are no signs Co-ordinating Editor of the best selling book, The delightful Western Rosella, that the Commonwealth Government Australian Panuts: A Field andAviary Study, by B. ofAustralia is ever likely to allow legal R. Hutchins and R. H. Lovell. In 1994 he was the Platycercus icterotis icterotis, is well­ recipient of an Avicultural Federation of Australia, known by its alternative common trapping ofAustralian rosellas from the AFA Award for "Exceptional Services to name, Stanley Rosella, in America and wild:. Aviculture." =+ the afa W ATCHBIRD 49