Australian Birds in the Collection of the Linnean Society. 293 



" The natives tell me it breeds in the hollow bouçhs of trees, 

 scraping out the .decayed mould and making its nest of it It 

 has two young ones. The eggs are green without spots." 



f). PusiLLUs. Tri. viridis; fronte, guh\, regione rostrali, rectri- 



cumque basi intiis coccineis ; lunula nuchali olivaceo-brunneii , 



interscapulio oUvaceo-viridi. 

 Psittacus pusillus. Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 106. no. 71. Kuhl, Nova 



Acta 4-c. vol. 10. p. 47. no. 71. 

 Perruche à face rouge. Lc Vaill. Hist, des Ferr. pi. 6'3. 

 Small Parrakeet. JVhite's Joiirn. pi. in p. 262. Lath. Gen. 



Hist. ii. p. 194. no. 118. 



" The native name of this bird is Jcrryang. This, like 

 Coolich, is seen in very large flocks in the Eucalypti trees when 

 in blossom. The natives now and then bring in the young ones, 

 but they seldom live long. I had three young ones for some 

 time, which used to huddle together and give out a very pleasing 

 note. They all died strongly convulsed, and nearly at the same 

 time ; the limbs were as stiti' the moment life was extinct, as if 

 the body had become cold. — The natives tell me it builds in the 

 hollow limbs of trees, making no other nest than of the decayed 

 wood. It has four young ones. The eggs are white and without 

 spots." — Caley's MSS. 



Mr. Caley adds, " that he has learned from the natives that 

 the nest of this species, of the Ground Parrot (j\. pulchellus), 

 of the Dulang' {PL Pennanfii), and of the Coolich (Tri. concin- 

 nus), smell very strong and offensive of their dung." 



Fam. CERTUIADiE. 



The true sca7isorial birds have been very sparingly found in 

 New Holland. Hitherto no species of the family of Picidce has 

 been discovered in that vast continent ; and of the present 



familv 



