A'ESTS AND EGGS OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. 62' 



on the Xamoi River, November, 189G, and states he has known its eggs 

 to have been taken from nesting places in trees on the Began, Macquarie 

 and Warrego Rivers. 



Many years before I visited Coomoohoolaroo, Queensland, I was 

 indebted to the late Mi*. Geo. Barnard for the eggs of tliis species, which 

 is said to breed from Ootober to .Tannary. 



Mr. Robert H. Adams, writing to me from Goondiwindi, Queensland, 

 statis : " PaiTots here seem veiT fearful of iguanas, — at lea.st that is the 

 opinion I have formed, because they choose trees close to houses or tents. 

 Til two cases within my knowledge, PaiTots — one a Rosella and the other 

 a R' d-wingrd Lory — nested over tents occupied by men working for me, 

 and a pair of Red-wings had tlieir nest in a tree in my back yai'd, to which 

 the clothes line is attached. The Red-wings here appear to nest, not in 

 spouts, but in big hollow trees, climbing down and laying on the iiibbish 

 within. Its nest is thus peculiarly open to the attacks of iguanas." 



Mr. L.au. in his MS., states : " One peculiaiity I must mention regard- 

 ing thd Red-shouldered Parrot. A female of this species had a male of the 

 King Lory for a husband, which, on accoimt of his great beauty, was shot 

 without mercy. On another occasion I happened to see a pair of Red- 

 wing Lories perched near a hole. I shot the male, not thinking they 

 intended breeding. Tlie female flew away, evidently veiy soiTowful, 

 but behold, she returned in a few days with a new husband, and soon a 

 batch of eggs was laid." 



492. — Ptistes cocciNEOPTERUS, Gould. — (411) 

 CRIMSON-WINGED LORY. 



Reference. — Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. xx., p. 482. 



Previous Descriptions of Eggs. — North : Trans. Roy. See, South 

 Australia, vol. xxii., p. 131 (1898); Le Souef : Ibis, p. 360 

 (1899), also Victorian Naturalist, vol. xvi., p. 71 {1899). 



Gengraphical Distribution. — North-west Altstralia, Northern Terri- 

 tory and North Queensland. 



Nest. — A hollow spout or tnink of a tree. 



Eggi^. — Clutch, four- probably ; round oval in form ; texture of shell 

 comparatively fine ; sm-face glossy ; colour, white originally, generally 

 more or k ss stained. Dimensions in inches of a pair in the collection of 

 Mr. Dudley Le Souef : (i) 1-26 x 1-03, (2) 1-22 x 1-02. 



Observations. — Gould regarded the Red-winged Parrots found in the 

 Northern Territoiy, as different from those of the east coast. The former 

 are smaller in all their measurements, except the bill, which is somewhat 

 larger, and the adult males are more richly coloured, wliile the red on 

 the wings is more of a crimson hue. However, touching the three adult 

 males, one adult female, and one yoimg male, procured by the Calvert 



