30 MATHEWS — Birds of tie Cairns District, Queensland. 



113. Pandion haliaetus cristatus. White-headed Osprey. 



No. 3 — Female. — The Mulgrave, October 9, 1884. 



Fairly common on the Barron River. The above one was 

 shot on the wing shortly before sunset. 



115. Spiloglaux boweri. Brown Owl. 



Nos. 12 and 13 — Male. — Peterson's Pocket, December 19, 

 1884. 



Length 12 inches. Irides grey. 



Common; as many as six have been put up together in the 

 dense scrub, apparently one family. 



118. Megastrix tenebricosa multipunctata. Northern 



Sooty Owl. 

 No. 166 — Female.— Barron River, August 5, 1884. 

 The female was shot in a deep &vy creek. 



119. Trichoglossus nov^hollandi^e septentrionalis. 



Northern Blue-bellied Lorikeet. 

 Nos, 116-121 — Males and Females. — Cairns, June, 1884. 

 Length, male, 12.5, female, 11.5 inches. 

 Irides red, surrounded by white; bill red; legs brownish. 

 Common. 



119. Eutelipsitta chlorolepidota neglecta. Northern 

 Scaly-breasted Lorikeet. 



Nos. 122-126. Cairns, June 30, 1884. 



Length 9.75 inches. Irides whitish brown, surrounded 

 by pink near the pupil. Bills red; legs whitish brown. 



A specimen shot near Sydney has "irides light reddish 

 yellow, with a very narrow ring of dark red next the pupil. 

 Bill scarlet; cere and naked space round the eye greenish 

 white; tarsi and feet light ash-grey. May 4, 1882." 



Common and nesting in holes in the trees. 



121. Glossopsitta pusilla. Little Lorikeet. 



No. 128— Male.— Scrubby Creek, January 12, 1884. 



Irides brown. Not common. 

 J 21. Opopsitta diophthalma leadbeateri. Blue-faced 

 Lorikeet; 



Nos. 131, Female; 132, Male; 133, Female. — Barron River, 

 September 30, 1884. 



Length 6 inches. Irides brown; legs greenish tint. 



Appears plentiful, but is often overlooked, as it makes nq 

 noise when feeding and creeps about like a mouse. The only 

 indication of its presence is the quantity of seeds that keep 

 dropping all the time it is feeding, but even under the very 



