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partly so. The pectoral bands are much less distinct than in 

 the adult, and the underparts generally are barred across, 

 the dark feathers of the chest and upper breast being tipped 

 with yellowish, while those of the pectoral bands, lower 

 breast, and belly are yellow tipped with red. The under 

 tail -coverts also are brownish-black edged with dull 

 yellowish-oliVe — in the adult they are purple, — and the 

 tail-feathers are sharp- pointed. 



Mr. Groodfellow says the Dusky Lory roosted in thousands 

 behind the Camp at Wakatimi; Long before sunset and 

 until it was quite dusk flocks of many hundreds, coming 

 from all directions, flew over with a deafening noise. Offen 

 some weak branch would give way under their weight, 

 causing a panic just as the noise M^as beginning to subside, 

 and clouds of these birds would again circle around, seeking 

 a fresh roosting-place and keeping up a continual din. 



Mr. Claude Grant tells us it is a common species every- 

 where and was observed in large flocks, especially towards 

 sundown, when numbers passed overhead going to roost. It 

 is a very tame bird and seldom takes to flight, even when fired 

 at. In March many were brought to Wakatimi by natives 

 from the mouth of the Kamura River, and though numbers 

 were secured by him or by the Dutch soldiers they were so 

 exhausted and starved that the majority died. How the 

 natives caught them he was unable to discover ; there was 

 no sign of bird-lime on any of those examined; Mr; Grant 

 brought back a number alive* 



Lorius erythrotliorax. 



Lorius erytlirothorax Salvad.; id. Oat. xx. p. 35 (1891); 

 Mivart, Monogr. Loriidse, p. 51, pi. xvii. fig. 2 (1896) ; 

 Ogilvie-Grant, P. & P. p. 288 (1912); id. Ibis, 1913, p. 9l 



Lorius lory erythrotJiorax van Oort, p. 74 (1909) ; Roths. 

 & Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 484 (1913). 



a,h. cJ ? imm. Wakatimi, Mimika River, 4th May, 1911; 

 [Nos. 1081, 1083, C. H. B. G.] 



c-g. S ? . Mimika River, 3rd & 11th Feb. and 30th 

 March, 1910. [Nos. 1019, 1021, 1048, 1049, 1111, G. C, S.] 



