278 The Breeding oj a Hybrid Lorikeet. 



" the first time, is very active, in full featlier and of )>eauti- 

 " ful plumage. Its black beak appears to bi; just on the change 

 "to adult colour, a rosy tip just visible at the end." 



July 3rd: '"The lower mandible now shows a decided 

 " rosy tinge, whilst the upper resembles somewhat the bloom 

 "upon a ripe peach," 



Readers will gather from my notes that having found 

 the eggs in the log on March 2Gth, and the young bird quite, 

 a fortnight old on May 3rd, the parent bird had scarcely com- 

 menced incubation at time oi discovering the eggs, allowing 

 three weeks lor incubation, and, the young bird remained in the 

 log eight weeks before it ventured out into the world alone. 



It was a charming bird, showing parentages dis- 

 tinctly, and remained in the collection until the whole were, 

 dispersed, an occurrence no doubt fresh in the minds of many 

 fanciers. The diet consisted of milk sop, i.e., Nestle's con- 

 densed milk, sponge cake, or Osborne biscuits, or " Banana 

 Crystals " made quite liquid, and sufficient Nestle's added to 

 give it a full sweetened flavour. This, and a little fruit, such 

 as banana, sweet orange, pear or grape, was the stock diet 

 of all the Lories and Lorikeets. As a further inducement to 

 the parent birds to feed their young, I placed daily in their 

 aviary an additional bowl of food, consisting of, sponge cake, 

 honey, and Horlick's Alalted milk, prepared thus: one teaspoon - 

 ful of Honey, two teaspoonsful of Horlick's mixed in sufficient 

 hot water to thoroughly moisten the sponge cake. Tlie 

 quantity of si^onge cake was about the size of four penny 

 cakes, and on these foods the birds throve wonderfully, as 

 my notes indicate. 



Memories of a Trip in Argentina. 



By the Hox. Mary C. Hawke. 



I promised our Editor some time ago I would try and 

 write some notes of the Argentine birds I saw during my 

 travels. I hoped to try and classify them on my return to 

 England, but I found that there was no chance of obtaining 

 a book on the S. American birds, but through the kindness 

 of Mr. Page I glanced through Dr. Sclater's " Birds of Argen- 



