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subjects and some others might have been more brightly coloured,

and the Bewick's Swans (No. 42) less heavy in shadow, though

this may be truthful enough. I should like to have seen a

far larger space allotted to the Osprey (No. 52) considering what

some of the others have got, and a few of the subjects, such as

the Ptarmigan (No. 46) and the Mallards (No. 53) I would

willingly sacrifice in an exhibition which shows us so many good

things. Herbert Goodchild.



THE BREEDING OF LORIKEETS IN CAPTIVITY.

By D. Seth-Smith, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U.


The published records of the successful rearing of young

hy Lorikeets in captivity in the United Kingdom are few and far

between, though doubtless instances have occurred that have not

been brought to light. So far Swainsou's Iyorikeet (Trichoglossus

novae- hollandics) seems to have been bred successfully several

times, some twenty-five or thirty years ago, from the letters of

correspondents of the Bazaar, published in the first series of

Notes oil Cage Birds (1882). One writer appears himself to have

reared two nests in a season and writes (p. 87) : " I have before

me the names of four amateurs who have successfully bred this

parrot." Another writer remarks (p. 88) : " I am acquainted with

two gentlemen who have frequently bred the Pennant, the Pale-

headed Parrakeet, Rosellas, and the Bine Mountain Lory."


In the Second Series of Notes on Cage Birds another writer

records the successful breeding of a pair of these birds in the

Blackpool Aquarium, and Mr. Osbaldeston gave a more detailed

account of this interesting event in the Avicultural Magazine

(Vol. VIII., p. 167) where he tells us that this pair bred " year

after year for some four years previous to 1890." One year, we

are told, " a very curious, handsome, 'sportively' plumaged bird

was reared."


It is with great pleasure that I am able to record

yet another instance of Trichoglossus ?iovae-holla?idus breeding

successfully in captivity in this country. A pair of these birds,

belonging to Miss Rosa little, at Twickenham, are kept i^ua-



