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hollow parts of the lofty Eucalypti in the neighbourhood of the Dawson River, arid that 

 all the nests, seven in number, taken by his son, unlike those of any other member of the 

 family, each contained but a single egg, which in several instances was in a very advanced 

 state of incubation. 



" Two eggs taken during the month of November are pure white, in form oval, slightly 

 tapering at one end, the texture of the shell being fine and smooth, but without any lustre." 



This bird is almost entirely green, or green and yellow. The upper parts are all green, 

 save that in the interscapular region the yellow of the feathers, below their green margins, 

 shows more or less in the form of transverse yellow bands. The crown of the head has a 

 more or less marked bluish-green tinge. The feathers of the throat, chest, and breast are 

 yellow, with their margins broadly tinted Avith green ; this produces many curved transverse 

 green bands, so as to give rise to a scaly appearance, whence the name of the species. The 

 feathers of the throat and of the sides of the body have interspersed red tints, as well 

 as yellow. The lower belly is almost entirely green ; the thighs are green with some yellow ; 

 and the under tail-coverts are green with darker green spots. The quills are blackish 

 underneath, save that their inner webs are red towards the base. The axillaries and under 

 wing-coverts are also red. The tail beneath is of an ochre-yellow, the feathers being 

 especially yellow towards their margins. The bill is reddish orange, the cere and orbits olive, 

 the feet grey, and the iris red. 



Total length 10 inches, wing 5 - 5, tail 4 - 2, bill 07, tarsus 0'5. 



The specimens in the British Museum did not appear to us to present any noteworthy 

 variations. 



