TEICIIOGLOSSUS CIILOEOLEPIDOTUS. 



(Scaly -breasted Lorikeet.) 



TJppEE surface, neck, tliroat, wings, and tail, sMning grass green ; under surface, bright yellow, each feather tipped with a broad crescent 

 of green ; under tail coverts, greeUj^ washed with yellow ; under surface of shoulder and base of primaries and secondaries, scarlet ; bill, 

 scarlet, inclining to orange at the tip ; cere and orbits, olive ; irides, pale yellow. The sexes are alike. 



Length, 8^ inches ; wing, 5|- ; tail, 4 ; bill, f ; tarsus, i. 



This well marked species inhabits New South Wales and Queensland, and is only found on the lands near the coast. It 

 associates in common with several other species of Trichoglossus, and may be generally found feeding together on the same tree. The 

 blossoms of the various Eucalypti are visited by it for the purpose of feeding on the honey which is so abundantly secreted ; and as some 

 one or other species of that genus of trees is always to bo found in flower, a supply is always available in one part of the country or another 

 at any time of the year ; the seeds of the Casuarina and other trees also furnish it with food of a more solid description. Like its congeners, 

 it lays its white eggs in the spouts or holes of gum trees. Many attempts have been made to preserve it alive as a cage bird, but seldom 

 with success, as, after living a few weeks, it generally dies suddenly. Young birds confined in the vicinity of the breeding place are often 

 visited by the old birds, which are then easily trapped. 



TRICHOGLOSSUS CONCINNUS. 



(Mushy Lorikeet.) 



Forehead and ear coverts, rich scarlet ; crown of the head, greenish blue ; upper part of back, brownish olive ; a patch of rich yellow on the 

 side of the body near the shoulder ; back, wings, tail, and under surface, rich grass green ; inner webs of quills, black ; inner webs of lateral 

 tail feathers, scarlet at the base, blending into yellow, and terminating in green ; bill, blackish brown, tipped with red ; cere and orbits, olive 

 brown ; irides, buff", encircled mth yellow. 



Length, 9 inches; v/ing, 5; tail, 4; bill, i; tarsus, i. 



This species has an extensive range, being found in south Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, and 

 Tasmania. It has derived its name from the peculiar odour emitted by it. Like the former species, it associates with other Trichogiossi 

 feeding upon the same trees, and is very plentiful, being, in fact, one of the most common of the Psittacidse in Australia. In its habits and 

 nidification it also resembles the former species, and is very tame and familiar, allowing many successive discharges of the gun before 

 becoming sufficiently alarmed to cause it to take flight. It is a noisy bird, keeping up a perpetual harsh scream while feeding or flying 

 overhead. This bird becomes very tame in confinement ; but, like the rest of the honey eating parrots, it requires very careful and 

 judicious treatment in dietary. 



