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The four partly - incubated eggs it contained were simply 

 deposited on the decayed wood at the bottom of the hollow.] 



No. 10. Ptilosclera versicolor (Red-crowned Lorikeet). 



Trichoglossus versicolor, Vigors, in Lear's III. Parr., pi. 36 

 (1832); Gould, Bds. Austr., fol., vol. V., pi. 51 (1848); Ramsay, 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., vol. I., Second Series, p. 1,095 (1886). 



Ptilosclera versicolor, Salvad., Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., vol. XX., 

 p. 66 (1891). 



Three adult males, two adult females, one young male. Camp 

 about five miles from the junction of the Fitzroy and Margaret 

 Rivers. The females are smaller, and duller in colour, than the 

 tnales. Immature males resemble the adult female. 



[During November and the early part of December immense 

 flocks of these beautiful Lorikeets were seen passing over our 

 camp in the early morning, but, before January 1, they all disap- 

 peared and were not again seen. In habits and voice they closely 

 resemble the Musk Lorikeet {T. concinnus), and are not easily 

 scared from the trees on which they happen to be feeding. On 

 one occasion I tired five shots before they took flight. They used 

 to visit one or two JEucalyptus-trees near our camp soon after 

 sunrise, and by their loud cries quickly attracted attention. 

 There they were found actively climbing and clinging to the 

 foliage, extracting the honey from the blossom in such a manner 

 as to convey the idea that they were anxious to be off again to 

 some distant part. The female is scarcely so bright in plumage 

 as the male. I was informed that they breed in the hollow limbs 

 of the trees on the marsjin of the Margaret River.] 



No. 11. Cacomantis plabelliformis (Fan-tailed Cuckoo). 



Cuculus Jlahelliformis, Lath., Ind. Orn. Suppl., p. xxx., 

 (1801) ; Ramsav, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., vol. II, 2ud. series, 

 p. 170 (1887). 



Cuculus cineraceus, Gould, Bds. Austr., fol,. vol. IV., pi. 86, 

 (1848). 



Cacomantis Jlahelliformis, North, Nests and Eggs, Austr. Bds. 

 p. 244, pi. 13, fig. 7 (1889); Shelley, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 

 vol. XIX., p. 266 (1891). 



A nestling. Wing 2-65 inches. Camp about five miles from 

 the junction of the Fitzroy and Margaret Rivers. 



No. 12. ScYTHROPs Kov^-HOLLANDi^ (Channel-billed Cuckoo). 

 Scythrops novm-hollandirn, Lath., Ind. Orn., p. 141(1790); 

 Gould, Bds. Austr., fol, vol. IV. pi. 90 (1848); Ramsay, Pro.\ 

 Linn. Soc. N.S.W., vol. I., 2nd. series, p. 1,094 (1886); North, 

 Nests and Eggs, Austr. Bds., p. 248 (1889); Shelley, Cat. Bds. 

 Brit. Mus., vol. XIX., p. 330 (1891). 



