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4. GLOSSOPSITTACUS PUSILLUS. 



(THE DWARF LORY.) 

 [Plate XLVI. Fig. 2.] 



Small Parrakeet, Latham, Gen. Syn. Sup pi. ii. p. 88 (1802). 



La Perruche a face rouge, Levaill. Perr. pi. 63 (1801). 



Psittacus pusillus, Shaw in White's Journal of a Voy. to New South Wales, p. 262, 



pi. 18 (1790). 

 Psittacus nuclialis, Bechst. Lath. Uehers. p. 81, pi. 9. fig. 1 (1811). 

 Lathamus pusillus, Lesson, Tr. d'Orn. p. 206 (1831). 

 Nanodes pusillus, Schleg. Mus. P.-B., Psittaci, p. 115 (1861). 

 Cor ipliilus pusillus, Schleg. Dierent. p. 78 (1861). 

 Tricliocjlossus pusillus, Vigors & Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 203 (1826) ; Gould, 



B. of Austr. v. pi. 51 (1813) ; Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 860 (1868) ; Echnw. Vogelbild. 



t. xxx. fig. 2 (1883). 

 Glossopsitta pusilla, Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. ser. 2, vi. p. 157 (1851). 

 Glossopsitta pusillus, North, Bescr. Cat. Nests & Eggs, p. 268 (1889). 

 Glossopsittacus pusillus, Salvadori, Cat. of Birds in Brit. Mus. xx. p. 71 (1891). 



Underparts with no shaft-streaks ; hind neck olive ; cheeks as well as forehead and chin, all round the 

 hase of the bill, red. 



Habitat. Australia, from Rockingham Bay to South Australia and Tasmania. 



Me. Gould found this species tolerably abundant on Maria Island, near the entrance of 

 Storm. Bay. In Tasmania it was more sparingly diffused than G. concinnus. On the 

 continent of Australia he met with it more frequently in company with the last-mentioned 

 species than alone, with which it agreed in geographical distribution and also in habits. He 

 found eggs in a hole on the arm of a Eucalyptus-tree on the 11th of October, 1S39. 



Mr. North tells us that the breeding-season lasts from October to the end of January. 



Eour eggs taken by Mr. Geo. Barnard in 1883 were all white, but varied in form 

 from round to oval. 



Messrs. Vigors and Horsfield say that the native name of this bird is " Jerryang." 



It is one of the plainest of all the Lories. It is almost entirely green, mainly grass- 

 green. The forehead and sides of the face, however, are bright red, and the ear-coverts 

 have short yellowish streaks and some dark green ones. The hind neck and interscapular 

 region are greenish olive-brown. The vertex is light green, as is the breast and middle of 

 the abdomen. The under tail-coverts are yellowish green. The primaries, secondaries, and 



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