200 THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 



The Purple-crowned Lorikeet. 



Glossopsittacus porphyrocephalus. 



West and South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales. 



Crown of head deep purple-blue; lores red; bend of wing light blue, 

 body green, breast bluish. Total length 6.75 inches, wing 4.20, tail 2.50, 

 tarsus 0.39. The eggs (4) measure .82 x .66 inch. 



The Little Lorikeet. 



Glossopsittacus pusillus. 



Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and 

 Tasmania. 



Green, face red, hind neck olive-brown. Total length 6.60 inches, 

 wing 4, tail 2.40, bill 0.45, tarsus 0.35. The eggs (4) measure .74 x .63 

 inch. 



This is the smallest of the Lorikeets. They often hang on 

 the branches head downwards in obtaining their food from the 

 flowers. 



Family Cyclopsittacidoe. 



Genus Cyclopsittacus. 



Key to the Species. 



Wing 3.9 inches, frontal feathers red tipped with green, a 



few of the median ones bluisli. C. coxeni. 



Smaller, wing 3.5 inches, hroad patch of red on the middle 

 of forehead, a hroad red band across the cheeks in the 

 male, 'female no red on cheeks, which are grey tinged 

 with blue. C. maecoyi. 



The Red-faced Lorilet. 



Cyclopsittacus coxen i. 



New South Wales and South Queensland. 



Green, blue patch on lower part of cheeks, upper part of the cheeks 

 red, outer webs of the primaries and their coverts blue. Upper mandible 

 bluish-black, under one whitish. Total length 7 inches, wing 3.9, tail 1.9, 

 bill 0.65, tarsus 0.48. 



The Blue-faced Lorilet. 



Cyclopsittacus maecoyi. 



North Queensland. 



Green, light below, red band on forehead bordered with blue above 

 and below; lores, feathers round the eyes and upper part of cheeks blue; 

 a purple blue band below the scarlet band on the cheeks, primary coverts 

 blue. Total length 6 inches, wing 3.5, tail 1.7, bill 0.55, tarsus 0.4. The 

 eggs measure about .85 x .68 inch. 



The holes these birds nest in are generally very small. 



