of Birds from Port Denison. 333 



having the chin very pale yellow, and the breast with a few of 

 the feathers forked, the rest being as in No. 1. Abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts slightly tinged with orange ; upper part of 

 abdomen with a few feathers of rose-pink, the same as appear on 

 those parts in the adult birds. On the crown of the head are 

 also a few feathers of the same tint showing through the green 

 ones ; the tail-feathers are very sparingly tipped with very light 

 yellow, the two middle ones not at all. 



No.. 3. Adult as figured in the ' Birds of Australia ' (vol. v. 

 pi. 55). The Port Denison birds differ from specimens I have 

 received from the Clarence River, in having the tips of the tail- 

 feathers of a much lighter yellow, and in some almost white. 



95. Lamprotrebon superb us (Temminck). H. B. A. ii. 

 p. 108. 



This species appears to be equally common with the last. I 

 have received numerous specimens of both sexes, but only two 

 (a male and a female) in full plumage; the others are in various 

 stages, chiefly all green (except the white abdomen), through 

 which the plumage of the adult appears. The feathers on the 

 breast of the young of both sexes are rounded, and not forked as 

 in the old birds ; some young males have a mixture of both. 



96. Megaloprepia magnifica (Temminck). H. B. A. ii. 

 p. 110. 



97. LoPHOLiEMUs ANTARCTicus (Shavv). H. B. A. ii. p. 116. 

 Both these species are common, feeding in the native fig-trees. 



98. Phaps chalcoptera (Latham). H. B, A. ii. p. 122. 



99. Phaps histrionica, Gould. H. B. A. ii. p. 127. 



A large flock of this species visited the neighbourhood of Port 

 Denison about October 1864, out of which Mr. Rainbird pro- 

 cured five specimens, three of which I received ; and another, a 

 living example, was forwarded to me in December last. It bore 

 confinement remarkably well, feeding upon cracked maize and 

 bread soaked in water, besides seeds of various kinds. One 

 morning, however, it forced its head through the wires of its 

 cage and committed suicide. 



100. Geophaps scripta (Temminck). H. B. A. ii. p. 130. 



