A ustralian Birds in the Collection of the Linnean Society. 293 
. .* The natives tell me it breeds in the hollow boughs of trees, 
scraping out the decayed móuld and making its nest of it. It 
has two young ones. The eggs are green without spots." 
6. Pusrzius. Tri. viridis; fronte, gulá, regione rostrali, rectri- 
cumque basi intus coccineis ; lunulá nuchali olivaceo-brunneá, 
interscapulio olivaceo-viridi. . 
Psittacus pusillus. Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 106. no. 71. Kuhl, Nova 
Acta dc. vol. 10. p. 47. no. 71. 
Perruche à face rouge. Le Vaill. Hist. des Perr. pl. 63. 
Small Parrakeet. Whites Journ. pl. in p. 269. Lath. Gen. 
Hist. ii. p. 194. no. 118. 
* The native name of this bird is Jerryang'. This, like 
Coolich, is seen in very large flocks in the Eucalypti trees when 
in blossom. "The natives now and then bring in the young ones, 
but they seldom live long. I had three young ones for some 
time, which used to huddle together and give outa very pleasing 
note. They all died strongly convulsed, and nearly at the same 
time; the limbs were as stiff the moment life was extinct, as if 
the body had become cold.—The natives tell me it builds in the 
hollow limbs of trees, making no other nest than of the decayed 
wood. It has four young ones. The eggs are white and without 
spots."—Caley's MSS. 
Mr. Caley adds, ‘that he has learned from the natives that 
the nest of this species, of the Ground Parrot (N. pulchellus), 
of the Dulang’ (Pl. Pennantii), and of the Coolich (Tri. concin- 
nus), smell very strong and offensive of their dung." 
Fam. CERTHIADÆ. 
The true scansorial birds have been very sparingly found in 
New Holland. Hitherto no species of the family of Picide has 
been discovered in that vast continent; and of the present 
family 
