. Bird notes . lavour. This, and a little fruit, suchas banana, sweet orange, pear or grape, was the stock dietof all the Lories and Lorikeets. As a further inducement tothe parent birds to feed their young, I placed daily in theiraviary an additional bowl of food, consisting of, sponge cake,honey, and Horlicks Alalted milk, prepared thus: one teaspoon-ful of Honey, two teaspoonsful of Horlicks mixed in sufficienthot water to thoroughly moisten the sponge cake. Tliequantity of si^onge cake was about the size of four pennycakes, and on these foods the birds throve wonderfully, asmy notes indica
. Bird notes . lavour. This, and a little fruit, suchas banana, sweet orange, pear or grape, was the stock dietof all the Lories and Lorikeets. As a further inducement tothe parent birds to feed their young, I placed daily in theiraviary an additional bowl of food, consisting of, sponge cake,honey, and Horlicks Alalted milk, prepared thus: one teaspoon-ful of Honey, two teaspoonsful of Horlicks mixed in sufficienthot water to thoroughly moisten the sponge cake. Tliequantity of si^onge cake was about the size of four pennycakes, and on these foods the birds throve wonderfully, asmy notes indicate. Memories of a Trip in Argentina. By the Hox. Mary C. Hawke. I promised our Editor some time ago I would try andwrite some notes of the Argentine birds I saw during mytravels. I hoped to try and classify them on my return toEngland, but I found that there was no chance of obtaininga book on the S. American birds, but through the kindnessof Mr. Page I glanced through Dr. Sclaters Birds of Argen- P)iHi) Fholo by H. Gull {Luras liemiiridii). Vide iKige 176. Memories nf a Irip in Arueiilinn. tiiia, ;iii(l crrtaiii vols, of Cat., at tlif Z()ol().--ical SocietysLil)rary. At one of tlu ports on the way to Ayiis, a manbroiiylit oil lioard a tame (o\v-I)ir(l and a IJangru^st; lu* askr-dalK)ul £2 caili for theiii! I think he sold the Cow-bird. AtBuenos Ayrcs I went to the Zoo, and in a very large lliglitsaw Virginian Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis), Pope {Iaro-aria larvata), and Red-crested (/. rticallata); also a birdsimilar to an English Thrush, Cow-l)irds, etc. In anotherlarge aviary there were some very line \ultuies and otherbirds of prey. I went a twenty-four hours journey I)y train northof to Santos, Province of Santa Fe. The most notice-able birds are the Little (Burrowing) Owls {Speotyio cut/iei-laria), that are out all day, sitting on posts; they never laketheir eyes off you, flying up into the air and down again to thes
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