THE LORY. 
win not want to hear it any more, but will try it 
over in a low tone, when it does not know that any 
one is by, as if to make sure that it will not lose it. 
This bird is very tame, and gets fond of any one 
who is kind to it. It has a hard bill, with a hook 
to it, and it can hang by this hook and its feet, so as 
to have its head down and its tail in the air in a 
very odd way. The one I saw has a hoop or ring 
hung up in the room it is kept in, and it will sit in 
this ring for an hour or more, and not once wish to 
fly away. It is very fond of a bath, and is fed 
on sop and corn, but it can eat a hard nut also. 
When I saw it, it had a plum to eat, and it held 
this fast with one foot. The Lory does not live in 
our land ; you will not see one in the wood ; its 
own home is very hot, and when it is in it, it will 
live with many more of its own kind. It lays two 
eggs at a time. 
