collected in Diitcli New Guinea. 231 



g-n. c? ? et J ? imm. Camp 9, Utakwa River, 5500 £t., 

 31st Jan. 1913. IC.B.K.'] 



Adult male and female. Iris yellow ; bill gamboge, tip 

 black ; feet j^ellow-ochre. 



Mr. E. J. Brook has had the good fortune to rear young of 

 this species in his aviaries at Hoddam Castle, Dumfriesshire. 

 The parents were brought some years ago by Mr. Walter 

 Goodfellow from British New Guinea. Mr. Brook has 

 forwarded me the following notes on the coloration of the 

 young : — 



" The young on leaving the nest resembles the parents, 

 but has the bill brownish ; the crimson colouring of the 

 plumage less intense, and the breast and vent mixed with 

 green. There are no yellow stripes on ihe breast, nor any 

 indication of them, and the green of the back extends right 

 up to the occiput.'" 



The young birds in the present collection entirely con- 

 firm these statements. At an early stage it is possible 

 to distinguish young males and females, for, like the adult 

 birds, they soon develop the characteristic sex-markings 

 on the sides of the rump, the male having a crimson patch 

 much like the rest of the underparts, but with a few yellow 

 shaft-streaks, whereas in the female the patch is yellow 

 tinged with green. 



The figure given by Mivart somewhat exaggerates the 

 size of the bird. 



" The Fairy Lory was only found in the mountains, where 

 numbers visited certain flowering trees on which most of the 

 specimens were secured. Although many may be sitting 

 in a tree, they are extremely difficult to see, especially when 

 they remain quiet, peering down at the intruder. They 

 have a short sharp note and are very tame.''^ — C. H. B. G. 



Charmosynopsis multistriata. (Plate V, fig. 2.") 

 Cliarmosynopsis midthtriata ftoths. Bull. B. 0. C. xxvii. 



p. 45 (1911) ; Ogilvie-Grant, P. & P. p. 289 (1912) ; 



id. Ibis, 1913, p. 100 ; Poths. & Hartert, K. Z. xx. p. 484 



(1913). 



