Fecuiiditv of S"a'ainso)i's Lorikeets. 
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From all that makes the world so bright and dear; 
But throw the windows wide 
To welcome in the light; 
And while I clasp a well-beloved hand, 
Let me once more have sight 
(Jf the deep sky and the far-smiling land, 
Then gently fall on sleep, 
And breathe my body back to nature's care. 
My spirit out to Thee, God of the open air. 

Fecundity of Swainsoii's Loriheets. 
Sir Leo Chiozza Money writes: — 
Archibald, my veteran Blue Mountain Lory, has evidently 
heard that down Eton way there is a pair of his kind, belonging" 
to Dr. Amsler, which breeds all the year round with regularity 
and despatch. To-day being January 6th, 19JO, and a dull 
cold, uncomfortable day at that, I find that Archie and his wife 
have in their barrel two unfledged youngsters, evidently a few 
days old. I have been very busy and have had no time lov 
accurate observation, but I gathered recently that the lady was 
sitting. This particular pair of I^orikeets has never bred in 
the winter before. Their barrel is in a cold shelter, but they 
spend all their time, save when the hen i.'^ incubating, in the open 
flight, whatever the weather. 
This is the third brood of this pair of birds since the 
Spring of 1919. 
For hardiness Swainson's Lorikeets seem difficult to beat, 
and they never cease to amuse. 
