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think that this is not a courting display, though, as the birds 

 breed all the year round, it is not really possible to say what are 

 acts of courtship and what are not. The attitude which seems 

 more directly connected with courtship is for the cock to puff 

 himself out, bow down his head, and run along after the female. 



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Bibliography. 

 Blanford. Fauna of British India. Birds. Vol. IV. pp. 39. 

 Dewar. Birds of the Plains, p. 124. 



Dewar. Bombay Ducks, p. 3. 



Eha. The Common Birds of Bombay, p. 14S. 



Finn. The Birds of Calcutta, (2nd Edit.) p. 123. 



Finn. Garden and Aviary Birds of India, p. 173. 



Hume. Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, (2nd Edit.) 



Vol. II., p. 349. 

 Jerdon. The Birds of India, Vol. III., p. 478. 



Hones ano Xorifceets- 



Toriidce. 

 By E. J. Brook. 



There are no more beautiful or more interesting birds than 

 the Lories and Lorikeets. They nearly all show great intelli- 

 gence and become extremely tame, so much so, that it is no un- 

 common case to find specimens that can be quite safely trusted 

 to fly quite loose outside the confines of their aviaries. 



I have for a considerable time taken a great interest in the 

 loriida;, and at the present time possess a very considerable 

 collection, numbering some thirty individuls, representing twelve 

 different species. I think what made me go in for these birds in 

 the first instance was being told that they could not be kept for 

 any considerable time in confinement, and I certainly agree that 

 that is the case if the feeding as recommended in some books on 

 the subject is followed out. 



My first Lorikeet was a pair of Blue Mountain, and 

 having no experience they were fed on a dietary of stewed figs, 

 sponge cake and dry canary seed ; then came fits from which they 



