New Colors of “Budgies’"

Cromwell Argus, Volume LXVIII, Issue 3485, 6 September 1937, Page 7

New Colors of “Budgies’"

Popular Overseas Pets

Such is the popularity of the Australian Grass Parakeet overseas that, there has Just been formed in Glasgow the Scottish Budgerigar Society. It, has over 100 members, for in Glasgowalone there are over 1000 of these talking pets, and hundreds more that have not been taught to talk. The object of the society is to evolve new colors. There are already between thirty and forty colors, but the main groups are green and blue, which are the most popular, and yellow and white. The others are variations of these colors.

The budgerigar, a native of Australia, found its way to the British Isles almost 100 years ago, but only recently has it taken the popular fancy. When a ban was placed on the importation of all birds of the parrot species the English and Scottish breeders got busy and found the “budgie” an easy bird to breed, and there are specimens which bring as much as f 100.

They are frequently called love birds, but the love bird, while resembling the “budgie” in color and size, has not the same slim line nor the long tail feathers. The head is more like that of the parrot.