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"'riu'ii- voit'c is not (li,siif^iv<';il)le. it is siu-ill. I)iit not pierc- 
" mn. Oiu' 01' two of the cocks inaki' a noise just like the bleating 
" of a lanil) ; tliis may be acquired, but I think it is natural." 
" The birds proceed by jumps or bounds, whether on the 
" ground or on horizontal perch." 
■' I find tli('S(^ ))irds as hardy as most other Lories." 
" Tliey ai'c an accommodating siJccies, as several pairs will 
"live together in the same aviary, where they make a gi-and 
" show." 
Diet : "I have already said on more than oni; occasion 
how I feed my Lories, ami have nothing to add thereto." Viile 
Bird Notes, Vols, vii viii. 
Nevertheless, I think for the benefit of new readers,, I had 
better quote same : Mr. Brook's method is very simple — sweetened 
milk and barley-water made into sop with " B.C." Food and 
his extensive and rare series of Lories and Lorikeets liave thriven 
thereon. 
Oexbral Remarks : From Mr. Brook's remarks as to the 
similarity of the demeanour of this species to the Red-collared 
Lorikeet, it is not difficult to draw a mental picture of these glori- 
ous birds disporting themselves in the Hoddom Castle Aviaries : 
especially as a pair of Red-collars have occupied one of my aviaries 
for the past two or more years. First then, if the comparison is 
to be complete, they are ridiculously tame, simply crawling over 
you, whenever you are in their enclosure : the vivacity and act- 
ivity of the Red-collars is almost ceaseless, very active on the wing 
and " larking " about with each othei- the live-long day. The Red- 
collar is a species to feast the eyes upon, on a bright summer's day, 
what, then must a group of Stellas be ? Then again, they are most 
grotesque on the ground and large In-anches, proceeding as they do 
by hops and bounds, have no idea whatever of running or walking 
and their method of jirogression is very ludicrous to those oljserv- 
ing it for the first time. Howevei', there is (me point upon which 
Stellas dift'er materially from the Red-collars (at least the compari- 
son only applies as to deportment), viz., the long flexible central 
tail-feathers (over ten inches), these are quite flexible and sway 
at the will of the breeze ; yet while closely observing the speci- 
men, exhibited by Mr. Millsum at the Crystal Palace show, it 
appeared to me that the bird hail some control over these flexil)le 
feathers ; as the bird certainly ditl curl the feathers up in a verti- 
