THE SCAL Y-BREASTED L ORIKEET. 1 3 9 



and give them a more extended trial than I was able 

 to do last time. 



I feel sure they would breed, for the climate of their 

 principal habitat (Tasmania) very nearly resembles our 

 own, or at least that of our Southern counties, and 

 they ought to do very well out of doors all the year 

 round. 



In the matter of feeding I would recommend a mixed 

 diet of seed, fruit, and rice and milk boiled and well 

 sweetened, also a few ants' eggs and mealworms thrown 

 in occasionally. Groundsel flowers are very acceptable 

 to all the Trichoglossi, or Brush-tongues, and the 

 blossoms of the various cruciferous plants, such as the 

 cabbage, are also useful, for the nimble tongues of the 

 birds extract the honey from them as readily as does 

 the sucker of the bee. 



The scientific name of the Scaly-breasted Lorikeet 

 is Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus. 



