Correspondence. 
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" to move, and, to the extreme surprise of all present, stood upon Its 
" feet. The fire was re -kindled, the bird placed upon a piece of soft 
" cloth, on the hob, not more than eight or nine inches from the fire, and 
" after having remained there about an hour, it was again placed in 
" its cage being able to mount its perch. In the morning it was evidently 
" greatly recovered, and by careful attendance, and providing jt with 
"such specifics as are necessary (see page 37), the bird's health was 
" perfectlj restored, and within four days after, was heard to give utter - 
" ana' of the same words and sentences it had for a lengthened period 
"been accustomed to use." 
The work from which the above is taken is " The Parrot -keeper's 
Guide," bj' an experienced dealer. Published by Dean and Son. There, 
is no date, but the advertisement pages are dated '61, and it is a slim 
little cloth-bound volume of 48 pages and some half dozen irregularly 
coloured illustrations . 
Th" quotation is verbatim and the grammar (which in places 
secm.s to me somewhat involved) is the writer's, as are also those expres- 
sions, such as " partake of " and th<^ extreme detail as to distance, whifJi 
would suggest his close relationship to the police witness, who invariably 
'■ prtceeds " when he "goes" and "observes" when he sees. 
It would have been interesting to have learnt the kind and locality 
of the " inflammation," which the writer omits either by accident or 
from motives of delicacy or perhaps (may one liint), ignorance, but apart 
altogethei from this, the point I 'personally wish lie had made clear is : 
Was the "thin piece of flannel" burnt up? and was that the reason 
why '' a piece of soft cloth " was needed for the second application of 
the trealment . E. HOPKINSON". 
NESTING OF RED-COLLAEED LORIKEETS 
(Trichoglossns rubritorques). 
Sir, — My old pair of Red -collared Lorikeets have nested but with 
only partial success. They were in a large cage 3ft X 3ft., and kept 
in a room where there is constant coming land going. I gave them a 
nest-box to sleep in, and on July 8th the hen commenced to sit. 
I do not know how many eggs she had, but on August 1st I 
thought I Jieard young birds in the nest ; the sound grew louder each day 
until August 21st ; the next day I heard nothing and the parent birds 
were out of the nest most of the day. Still I hoped all was well and 
that now the young ones were three weeks old, perhaps they did not need 
constant brooding. However, on the 25th and 26th inst. they fiirned 
out o? the nest two lumps, all that 'remained of their young— it is most 
annoying and disappointing, but I km afraid the parents must have eaten 
them . 
I fed on sop, made of Horlick's Malted Milk, Mellin's Pood, and 
honey poured over tea biscuits . I also supplied dry sponge cak'^, fruit 
an 1 canary seed ; of the latter they took freely . 
1 am at a loss to understand the cause of the failure . . 
(Miss) E. G. R. PEDDIE WADDELL. 
Siamannan, 26/8/'14. 
