Order Psittaciformes, Family Loriidae, Genu* Glossopsittal 223 



fied having seen fully fledged young of the Brush Wattle Bird. 

 Mr. J. W. Mellor said that he had seen 30 swan flying low down 

 from the north towards Glenelg ; also that he had witnessed 12 

 Pelicans on the wing. The Narrow Billed Cuckoo had been 

 calling, and the White-faced Herons were nesting in the big 

 gums at Lockleys. Mr. Zietz also reported having heard many 

 Swan and Plover passing over at night time. Miss Edwards 

 stated that she had noticed 16 White-faced Herons at Hazel- 

 wood Park. Mr. Bellchambers forwarded interesting bird 

 notes. The Chairman said a pair of New Holland Honey- 

 eaters had hatched young. Swallows had been seen carrying 

 nesting material. A Boobook Owl had been roosting in the 

 day time over a woodheap where a man was cutting wood 

 almost every day, within six feet of the bird, chips flying around 

 it. Finches from Western Australia, and which Mr. Lienau had 

 in captivity, were also exhibited. Mr. Lienau gave an interest- 

 ing account of a trip to Victoria among the birds of the 

 Dandenong Ranges, including the Lyre Birds. 



Mr. Zietz exhibited the skin of one of the finches referred 

 to at the previous meeting by Mr. C. H. A. Lienau. He also 

 exhibited specimens of the Masked Finch (Neopoephila 

 personata), and the Long-tailed Finch (Poephila acuticauda) 

 for comparison. Mr. Zietz read a description of the above 

 bird, and pointed out the chief distinguishing features between 

 it and the two latter birds, but for want of certain literature 

 was unable to complete his paper for publication. 



Order Psittaciformes, Family Loriidae, Genus 

 Glossopsitta. 



(ih)fxopsitta porphyrocephala Dietrichsen ( Purple-crowned 



Lorikeet ) . 



Description. — Frontal band and lores, shading 

 from yellow to deep red ; ear coverts, red tipped 

 with yellow; back of the head and neck, bright 

 green shading into yellowish brown on the back; 

 crown of the head very dark purple; wing and tail coverts as 

 well as rump, bright grass green ; inside wing, crimson ; shoul- 

 der, light blue; primaries, blackish brown, margined externally 

 with bright green, edged with yellow ; tail, green on upper sur- 

 face, yellow beneath; throat and under surface, bluish green. 



