644 Messrs, II. C Robinson and W. S. Laverock on 



Localitj. Wing. Ciiliueu. 



mm. mm. 



Port Moresby (C. triton) {Liverj}. Mus.) 324 47 



Salwatti ( C. macrolopha) „ . . 289 38 



Port Essing-ton, S „ 313 38 



" South Australia " (probably Nortliern Terri- 

 tory) (Livei-p. Mus.) 318 42 



Cape York, 5 (Liverp. Mus.) 309 42 



Cooktown, d (OHve Coll.) 327 40-5 



d „ 330 40 



Mt. Sapphiri, Cairus, d" {Olive Coll.) 315 39 



„ 6 „ 315 42-5 



5) !) d )i 311 38 



JNIt. Bellenden Ker, Cairns, J (O'u'e Co//.) .. 322 40 



New South Wales {C. galerita) {Liverp. Mus.) 370 62 



Launceston, Tasmania 352 52 



„ „ (C licmetm-hyncha) . . 348 53 



THs table shows that the Northern Australian specimens 

 come near those from New Guinea in size at least; we 

 have accordingly recorded them as C triton, regarding all 

 these forms merely as belonging to one very variable species, 

 which may or may not be divided into subspecies accord- 

 ing to individual opinion. 



92. fApROSMiCTUs CYANOPYGius (Vieill.) ; Salvad. t. c. 

 p. 486. 



Mr. Olive has forwarded a very large series of this species 

 from the neighbourhood of Cairns. 



The dimensions are slightly less, and the scarlet of the 

 head and under surface much deeper, than in specimens from 

 Moreton Bay and Port Stephens. 



" Plentiful, but very shy, occurring in large flocks and 

 occasionally in pairs ; not always easy to procure, as the line 

 of flight is usually very high. Male : iris yellow ; feet 

 black ; bill red, with the tip of the upper mandible and the 

 whole of the lower black. Female: iris yellow; feet and 

 bill black '^ [Olive). 



The eggs of this bird were procured on October 26th ; 

 the nest was situated in the hollow of a tree, with the 

 entrance about twenty feet above the ground. The eggs 

 weie fi\e in number and were much incubated, so much so 



