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and lively bird docs well in captivity, and has even been 

 bred in the Calcutta Zoological Garden, the eggs being 

 laid in an ordinary pigeon-box. 



A still better Lorikeet, the Blue Mountain Lory of 

 Australia {TrichoyJossus swainsoni) is occasionally im- 

 ported, and nuich resembles Forsten's. It has, however, 

 the head and belly intense violet instead of purple, the 

 red breast shading into yellow at the sides, and the tail 

 much longer. This bird will eat seed as well as soft 

 food, and is the easiest to keep of all Lories. 



The Harlequin Lorikeet {Trichoglossus ornatus)* 

 from Celebes, Buton, and Togian Lslands, is the 

 liveliest and gayest of all the Lories imported. The 

 arrangement of his colours may be gathered from the 

 figure on Plate VII (Fig. 4) ; the red breast is barred with 

 purple, and the collar is bright yellow. There are also 

 some yellow markhigs on the green of the upper back 

 and of the belly. The sexes are alike, as is always the 

 case with Lories. 



The gi'eat activity and brilliant colours of this bird 

 make it a very striking ornament for an aviary and an 

 interesting cage-bird. As the male, at any rate, is of 

 a verv amorous description, it would probably not be 

 diflicult to breed the species in captivity in so favourable 

 a climate for these tropical birds as India presents. 



THE COCKATOOS. 



These are large short-tailed Parrots as a rule, always 

 with some sort of a crest and with the plumage chiefly 

 white, black, or grey, varied with red and yellow. They 



