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A Trichoglossus x Lorius Hybrid. 
which is mostly red, and liroad. But they have her expansive 
crimson breast, and tliroat, and this colour extends to the 
thighs which are green, as is also the continuation beneath. 
The head is round, and childish looking, unlike the hawk- 
like contour of the parents, the eyes dark as yet, of course, 
and the beak black, another indication of extreme youth, I 
suppose; that of both parents being red. 
The Lories nested in a small mustard Ivarrel; an old 
fin bucket, with half the lx)ttom knocked out, fastened over 
one end. forming a kind of vestibule, to make the apartment 
more commodious. The whole family slept every night in 
this dwelling until the young left the nest, and how thoy 
managed to pack in I could never quitei understand (two 
years ago the " Blue Mountain " mated with a Violet-necked 
Lory, but they failed to feed the young- when hatched, sol 
nothing came of it) . They have been supplied with breaid; 
and milk made very sloppy, and mixed with currants, and sul- 
tanas, cup -custard, and baked custard, and a wedge of jam 
and sponge sandwich dipped in water, of which they seem 
very fond; indeed it was the first thing I saw the youngsters 
eat "on their own" in their quaint lapping fashion. The 
hen is, I think, going to nest again, as she now spends her 
nights in the barrel alone. 
I may add by way of warning, — I think I saved 
the life of these bantlings, when about a month 
old, by interference, which is usually regarded as inadvisable. 
One day I heard only one squeak instead of two, the next 
morning I couW put up with it no longer; so procured a 
high stool and mounted to the nest. There they were — one 
all but dead, the other showing but little sign of life and in 
an "Augean Stable" over which I will draw a veil. I dragged 
them out by their poor little cold feet, got riiem in to the 
the fire, wrapped in warm flannels, and poured brandy and 
warm milk down them with a shaking hand. This, then, I 
thought, is the end of my avicultural hopes for this year; 
liut gradually I saw them revive, and, when sufficiently re- 
covered, I washed them in warm water, it was venturing a 
great deal, but there was nothing else for it. The nest was 
brought away and scrubbed and dried, and after a few hours 
restored, with one of the young ones in it. The other, the 
