Voi.^xvii.T Campbell and Barnard, Birds of N. Queensland. I^ 



spouts of gum-trees on the table-land — notably an instance in a tree 

 by the Kirrama track. It took us half an hour to I'ob the nest, 

 owing to having to chop five apertures in the hollow limb before we 

 reached the prize pair of eggs. 



[I do not agree with Mathews in separating sub-specifically this 

 bird under the name minor. There is insufficient distinction in 

 coloration, and no wing difference Moreover, the particular habitat 

 of T. chlorolepidoius is comparatively circumscribed. — -A. J. C] 



Glossopsitta pusilla. Little Lorikeet. 



A few Little Lorikeets were observed in the flowering trees near 

 Cardwell, and they were fairly common on the table-land, where speci- 

 mens were obtained. The tall, blossom-laden trees at Kirrama 

 frequently contained scores of the two previous-mentioned Lorikeets 

 as well as a sprinkling of this little bird. 



Several Little Lorikeets were found dead under a flowering 

 "yellow box" at " Belltrees," New South Wales, early last Novem- 

 ber. Could they have been imbibing too freely of the flower nectar 

 feast ? We know that Honey-eaters have been found under fiowcr- 

 ful trees intoxicated. 



Calyptorhynchus banksi. Banksian Cockatoo. 



Calyptorhynclius banksi northi. 



Observed both about Cardwell and on the table-land, feeding on 

 the seed-cones of Casuarinas. 



When camped at the Upper Murray Falls, the evening stillness 

 was broken by the wailing cries of Black Cockatoos on high as they 

 flew from the lowlands to roost on the ridges above us for the night. 



Cacatua galerita. White Cockatoo. 

 Cacatoes galerita queenslandica. 



Common everywhere, neverthless interesting birds. We freqeuntly 

 disturbed White Cockatoos from trees along the track, feeding upon 

 the seed of a semi-green, broad, flat pod of a wattle {Acacia). 



Often during our rambles we flushed White Cockatoos from nesting 

 hollows. In one tall tree above our camp on the table-land the pair 

 of birds became used to us. When we tapped the tree with our 

 tomahawk " Cocky " would merely thrust his yellow-crested poll 

 out to see what was the matter below. 



At the orchard of Mr. W. A. Pershouse flocks of White Cockatoos 

 at times almost envelop the orange trees at the unprotected side of 

 the orchard and play havoc with the fruit — not for the fruit's sake, 

 but to secure the pips within the fruit. 



Aprosmictus minor. Little King Parrot. 



Alisterus cyanopygius minor. 



This handsome Parrot was seen near Cardwell, also on the Murray 

 River and in the scrubs of the table-land. A nest taken near the 

 residence of Mr. T. Butler, Upper Murray, contained three young 

 about a week old and an addled egg, which egg, the first described, 

 has become the " type " of the Little King Parrot {vide Emu, vol. 

 xvi., p. 163). The nesting-place was about 20 feet down from the 

 entrance hole, in a large hollow eucalypt. How the birds get down 

 and up that long distance, especially when feeding their young, is a 

 puzzle. 



A . minor is appreciably smaller than A . cyanopygius, while the 

 " butterfly " wing is of a different shade. 



