204 Campbell and White, Birds on Capricorn Group. [,s^"r"ec. 



to the description of this Gannet was seen flying low over the 

 water one evening. 



Lesser Frigate-Bird {Fregata ariel). 



Every evening about dusk a small flock of these fine birds, well 

 known for their trait of robbing other birds,* used to circle 

 over our island, allowing us to admire the inimitable grace and 

 ease of their movements. We succeeded in discovering their 

 roosting-place — tall casuarinas at the other (east) end of the 

 island, where, on more than one occasion, we distinctly saw their 

 lengthened forms silhouetted against a brilliant moon. 



Frigate-Birds were not observed on North- West Island, but a 

 dead bird was examined on Tryon Island. 



Concluding A''o/d?.— Having enumerated the 40 species of birds 

 identified during a brief visit to these islands, we venture to believe 

 that the observations recorded concerning the White-eye,t New 

 Zealand Bronze-Cuckoo, and the Wedge-tailed Petrel are, in the 

 intei-ests of ornithology, alone well worth the trouble and expense 

 of the members who formed the R.A.O.U. Expedition to the 

 Capricorns. 



Description of a New Queensland Lorikeet. 



By D. Le Souef, R.A.O.U., Melbourne. 



Trichoglossus colesi, n. sp. 



The head, sides of the face, and throat dull blue, with a lighter 

 stripe down the centre of each feather ; bill reddish- brown, lighter 

 at the tip and with a short longitudinal yellow line at the curve ; 

 lower mandible lighter than the upper one ; eyes light yellow, and 

 the bare space round them blackish ; a narrow yellowish-green 

 band across the occiput, with some of the feathers finely tipped 

 with dark blue ; all the upper surface green, but most of the 

 feathers crossed with a dark band, edged with a narrow one, 

 giving the back a mottled appearance ; upper secondaries marked 

 in the same way, and show a distinct dark band ; the shghtly 

 spatulate tips of the lower secondaries marked with blue, as well 

 as the tips of some of the feathers on the shoulder ; the green of 

 the outer edging of the primaries also has darker shadings ; their 

 inner webs are black, crossed by a broad band of bright yellow ; 

 upper tail coverts mostly tipped with blue ; the four centre tail 

 feathers green throughout, and the four feathers on each side of 

 them have their outer web green and with a portion of their inner 

 web bright yellow, and edged to the tip ; these eight feathers are also 

 spatulate. Under tail coverts reddish at their base, then yellow, fol- 



* .See Dr. Macgillivray's remarks, page 228, 



t Notwithstanding so sound an authority as Mr, A. J. North states that " Zosterops 

 westernensis is only the spring and summer livery of Z. lateralis {camksceus)." — 

 " Nests and Eggs of Birds," vol. ii., p. 210. 



