142 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



Pottia brevicaulis, Tayl. Foot[)ath, "Avonhurst," St. Kilda- 



road, Melbourne. 

 /"". subph'i/seomiirioides, Broth., sp. nov. (30/4/04). Ibid., and at 



several spots near Heyington station. 

 Racopihhm couvoliUace'ttm, C. M. Heyington. 

 Tortida atrovirens (Sm.), Lindb. Heyington ; frequent. 

 T. muralis (L), Hedw. Heyington-place, Toorak. 

 T. vesiculosa, C. M. On trees, " Avonhurst," .St. Kilda-road, 



and Irving-road, Toorak. Originally found by Mr. 



Sullivan at Mt. Ararat and Mr. J. Stirling in the Alps, and 



apparently not recorded since. 

 Stereodon cAip7-essi/orinis, L. Heyington. 

 Triquetrella papillata (H. f. W.), C. M. Heyington. 

 Weisia flavipe.i, H. f. W. Heyington, bank of Yarra. 



In addition to these mosses, I have the following hepatics to 

 record, determined by M. Stephani, of Leipzig : — 



Fossonibronia papillata, Steph. On ground, Heyington, near 



station. 

 F. vmttsiaiia, Steph., sp. nov. (Dec, 1903). On ground in 



paddock near Heyington station. 



I also take the opportunity of recording the results of 

 small collections of mosses forwarded to me by Mr. A. G. 

 Campbell, from the Dandenong Ranges, Victoria ; King Island, 

 Bass Straits; and Cataract Gorge, near Launceston, Tasmania. 

 All collected in November, 1902. 



From the Dandenong Ranges he sends Pogonattim austral- 

 asicum, Hampe et C. M. ; Diti-lchum affine, C. M. ; Bryum 

 pijrothecium, Hampe ; and B. leptotheciiim, Taylor. 



The collection from King Island seems to show that that 

 island is not rich in species, for in addition to the inevitable 

 Gampylopus introjiexus, Hedw.. Funaria hygrometrica, L., and 

 Ceratodon purpureus, Brid., the only species included are 

 Bryum jjyrothecium, Hampe, and Barbula calycina, Schwgr. 



The Cataract Gorge, Launceston, specimens are Bryum pyro- 

 thecium. Hampe ; Polytrichum juniperinum, VVilld. ; Rhacotni- 

 trium heteroslichum, Hedw. ; Griminia trichophylla, Grev. ; and 

 Ceratodon purpureus, Brid. 



NOTE ON RED-WINGED LORY, PTISTES ERYTHROP- 

 TERUS, Gmelin. 



By G. a. Keartland. 

 {Read before the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, 12th Dec, 1904.) 



About twelve months ago a friend, Mrs. Chas. Clarke, of 

 Mary Vale Station, Queensland, kindly presented me with a pair 

 of beautiful Red-winged Lorys. They were young and very 



