LcvaillanVx lUirhet. A7 



Diet: Ripe fruit ad. lih., any Iciiicl tlicy will tak(3, tlie 

 more varied the better, also a liberal supply of live iiiseets, 

 soft food, and occ'a,ssionally a little niiueed meat. Bf)iled 

 rice (sweetened), stewed fruit, and milk sop, miglit also be 

 given as a change. The a-bo^'e menu would sullicc for most 

 of the Barbcts, but they have individual tastes, and you 

 must supply -mmX permit them to choose fi'om some such dietary 

 as the above. 



They must, however, cither be kept to themselves, or 

 with similar strong and robust l)irds, for they are well able 

 to account for birds much stronger than themselves — their 

 importer (our esteemed member Major B. E. Horsbrugh) 

 states that when he put a Meyer's Parrot into their large 

 cage they would have killed it very quickly had he not been 

 watching! 



They are susceptil)le to cold, and are the better for a 

 retiring l)ox or log in their cage (jr flight, and if ke])t out 

 of doors during the sunnnei' months nuist be brought, in as 

 soon as the nights turn cold. 



With Mr. Goodchild's drawing before us, description 

 will be a simple matter : — Crest and band across the chest 

 black; upper Ijack, wings, and tail black, scaled and barred 

 with white; the black chest I)and is followed by a band of 

 ■white, narrow in the centre, but nmch br(jader at the sides; 

 remainder of plumage is light sulphur-yellow, the feathers 

 of the head and sides of the face having dark centres and 

 red tips, there are also a few red striations on the bi-east, and 

 the upper tail-coverts are more or less tipped wdth red. 

 Beak yellowish horn coloui', legs blackish-grey, iris deep red. 



From the above it will be I'eadily seen what a beauti- 

 ful and striking bird this species is; })Ossibly our esteemed 

 member, Mr. 8. Beaty, will kindly send us a few notes of the 

 treatment and demeanour of this bird in his bird-room, 



