•986 ON THE NIDIPICATION OP CERTAIN AUSTRALIAN BIRDS, 

 2. PSEPHOTUS HiEMATOGASTER, Gould. 



P. hcematorrhous, Bonap. 



The habitat of tliis species is the interior portions of New 

 South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, but its range extends 

 also to Tasmania. 



For a full set of the eggs of this bird I am likewise indebted to 

 Mr. Joseph Hill, who obtained them at Kewell, Victoria, from 

 the hollow branch of a Eucalyptus, on September 15th, 1887. 

 They are seven in number for a sitting, and when found 

 were in a very advanced state of incubation. In form they are 

 rounded ovals, a single specimen only (F) being somewhat sharply 

 pointed at one end, pure white, and the shell very smooth but 

 without any gloss. They measure as follows: — Length (A) 

 0-94 X 0-8 inch; (B) 0-95 x 0-8 inch; (C) 0-94 x 0-78 inch; (D) 

 0-97 X 0-76 inch; (E) 0-95 X 0-8 inch; (F) 0-97 x 078 inch; (G) 

 0-97 X 0-8 inch. 



3. Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus, Kuhl. 



The Scaly-breasted Lorikeet is plentifully dispersed over the 

 gi-eater part of Queensland and the northern portion of New 

 South Wales, but is seldom found further south than the Murray 

 River, the natural boundary of the latter colony. 



Mr. George Barnard of Coomooboolaroo, who has contributed 

 largely towards a knowledge of the nidification of many of the 

 birds of Central Queensland, informs me that he found this 

 species bi-eeding in the hollow spouts of the lofty Eucalypts 

 in the neighbourhood of the Dawson River, and that all the nests, 

 seven in number, taken by his sons, unlike those of any other 

 member of the Psittacidce family, each contained but a single egg, 

 several of them being in a very advanced state of incubation. 

 Two eggs taken during the month of November are pure white, 

 in form oval slightly tapering at one end, the texture of the shell 

 being fine and smooth, but without any lustre. Length (A) 

 0-95 X 0-79 inch ; (B) 0-97 x 0-8 inch. 



