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Order PSITTACI. 

 Family LORIID^. 



Oen-as tisiohocsIjOSS'U's, vi,,„rs a,„i ii„rsjhhi. 

 Trichoglossus novce-hollandiae. 



BLLTE-BKLL1EI> [.OKI KP:KI'. 



I'sillariis iwni-liiillan<U(P, Gniel., Syst. Nat., ton). I., p. ."illl (1788). 



y'ric/iiii/li'ssiis mrainxiiiiii, Gould, Itds. Au.str , fol. V'ol. V , pi, 18 (1848). 



'J'richoyloxsus niu/ficolnr, Gould, Handlik. Bds. Austi., Vol. II., p. '.):) (I8()5). 



7'rir/ioi/lossiis iioni-lii,Uaw/iif', Salvad., Oat. Hd.s. i:!i-it. Mus., Vol. XX., p. .")7 (181)1): Sliai-pi-, 

 Hand-1. Pxls., Vol. II., p. •") (IDUO) ; Salvad., IMs 190.5, p. 418. 



Adult male. — //m,/ ,i,i,/ Ihniul hlm^ Ihr ,; iili: nf ,iu-li fnillirr ,,f !],,■ Ii'iiil (did cluekx hunuij a 

 satiny shi'i')), foniiiiiy n Injlitir sliaft s/rijn .- a Imiiil on /In nnjn' i/i'llniris/i-iji-fin. ,• riniiii.inili'r of the 

 iipjiir siirfiicr t/repu : Imsi's .</' ///.• fiuilhers nf tin i iitrr srn/ni/nr rKjiini liriijlil iji-Umr inislnii iiilli 

 rrinixoH, in snme sjieciini'ns t/ii' rrimxmi in nf/iers l/n' i/r/tnn' jiri'ilnininiit i ny ; miti'r tri'tis ninl lips nf 

 (/itills (/ri'fiii, llieir him r irrl,s htaclisli-hnnvn iritJi nn nUJnnii sjml ,,/' lirii/lit iiellmr in the. cciitrfi, 

 /orniinij a hitml ihrnniili tin n-iinj : i-.rternnl iffh nf tin jlrsl /n-linari/ lilm-k ; four n ntrril tnil-fenlhi'm 

 i/tvnt, shiu/fil irilh Uue tnirnnls tin lijis; tlip. ninniiiili'r i/refii on Ihi ir on/rr nvbs, hriijlil iji-ttoir on tlnir 

 inner iri'hs, irjncli i/fcnnsi's in (.rlml Iniranls tin- ivnirni f'lUit/ni-s : iim/fr sn r/nftf of ihi hiil i/illnnish, 

 deejinr ill tint on the iiiiier irilis of the taterill feathers . rhesf nn<l hrenst rriinson, some of the f'tithers 

 ni the eentre frunjeil irith if > ji lilii.e ; sides of the breast orn ni/e-i/etfoir^ more or /ess ti/i/ied irith eriinson : 

 centre of tlie ahilinnrn. ihip lilne, the sides crimson nnitlled ivitli ii<llon- nml tijiiied iritli i/rein : under 

 taifcnrrrts ijelloir, niesially tipped irit/i i/reen ami ira^slntl icit/i crimson nt t/ie liase .• n.ril/arii s and 

 n/nder ni ny-enrerts liriylit crimson: /d/l red: leys i^nl Jcel yrey \ iris, ornnye or rrddishi/elloir. 

 Total lenylli in the jlesli / .' i5 inches, iriny '/J, tail '!, hill US, tnrsns H-'iS. 



FemALK. — Similar in plninaife to tin male. 



Distribution. -()uei::\\i.\a.n(\. New South \\ ale>, \ictoii.i, South Australia, Fasmania. 



/~W^\\¥. Lorikeets, Cockatoos and Parrakeets numerically form one of the lartjest .groups 

 -L of birds inhabitinf,' Australia; at the same time, the \arious members of it are more 

 familiarly known to residents, as many are kept as pets or cage birds. A large export trade is 

 done in the li\e birds, principally witli Europe and England, and these are eagerly sought for on 

 arrival, some of the rarer species commanding high prices. Several works of a more or less 

 popular kind ha\e been published, dealing principally with them while in captivity. They 

 lorm, too, the subject matter of inany communications made to the " .\vicultural Magazine" of 

 London, which is devoted chiefly to recording the various phases of the life history of birds, 

 while in confinement. Hybrids and abnornially plumaged birds are more common in this than 

 in any other (_)rder of .\ustralian birds. 



'I'he different species of Lorikeet play an important part in the fertilization of flowers, and 

 principally in the blossom of the various species of F.malyhts, during their search for food, their 

 brush-like tongue being so well adapted for collecting the nectar or pollen on which they 

 chiefly live. 



The range of the Blue-bellied Lorikeet, or "lilue Mountain Parrot," as it is more frequently 

 called, e.Ktends throughout the greater portion of the coastal and adjacent districts of Eastern 



