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4. PSITTEUTELES C H LO RO L E P I D TU S. 



(THE SCALY-BREASTED LORY.) 

 [Plate XLIII.] 



The Spotted Parrot, Latham, Gen. Hist. ii. p. 197 (1822). 



Scaly-breasted Lorikeet, Greene & Dutton, Parrots in Captivity, vol. iv. p. 19 (1887). 



Tsittacus chlorolejridotus, KLuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 18 (1820). 



Australasia viridis, Lesson, Traite d'Orn. p. 210 (1831). 



Trichogtossus matoni, Latham MSS., Vigors & Horsfielcl, Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 291 



(1826) ; Lear, Illustr. Parr. pi. 35 (1832). 

 TricJioglossus ? chtorolepidotus, Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xiv. 2, p. 130 (1826). 

 Triclwglossus chtorolepidohis, Jarcline & Selhy, 111. Orn. iii. pi. ex. (about 1835); Gould, 



Birds of Australia, v. pi. 50 ; Pinsch. Papag. ii. p. 847 (1868) ; Diggles, Synopsis B. 



Austr. ii. pi. 86. fig. 1 (1877) ; Bchnw. Vogelbild. t. viii. fig. 3 (1878-83) ; North, 



Descr. Cat. Nests & Eggs, p. 267 (1889). 

 Psitteuteles clilorolepidotus, Salvadori, Cat. of Birds in Brit. Mus. xx. p. 65 (1891). 



A red band on the underside of the quills. 



Habitat. Australia, from Rockingham Bay to Southern Australia. 



This species, which was first described by Ivuhl in 1820, has several times been exhibited in 

 the Zoological Gardens of London. 



In Australia these birds are said to feed on the large blossoms of Banksias and the sweet- 

 scented bnds of Mimosas, in the branches of which they congregate in considerable numbers. 

 Mr. Gould, however, has affirmed that they live almost entirely on the flowers of the 

 Eucalypti. Flies and small Coleoptera have been found in the crop, as well as grass-seeds. 

 The specimens kept by Herr Weiner fed very readily on canary-seed and dry sponge-cake. 

 Messrs. Greene and Button had a pair which they kept out of doors for a short time, and 

 they did well ; they tell us that the " Scaly-breasts did not seem to interfere with any of their 

 companions, and partook, apparently with relish, of their diet, which consisted in the main of 

 canary-seed." They were extravagantly fond of a piece of ripe pear and of other sweet 

 fruits. 



Mr. North informs us that this species " is plentifully dispersed over the greater part of 

 Queensland and the northern portion of New South Wales, but is seldom found farther south 

 than the Murray Biver, the natural boundary of the latter colony. Mr. George Barnard, of 

 Coomooboolaroo, who has contributed largely towards a knowledge of the nidification of 

 many of the birds of Central Queensland, informs me that he found this species breeding in 



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