PTILOTIS AURICOMIS. 



YELU )W-Tl TTED Ht WE )'-/■'. I TER. 



J71YKRY part of New South Wales is inhabited by the present species; the brushes near - the coast, 

 the forests of the plains in the interior, and the trees on the mountains and hills being equally 

 favoured by it. It is very active and Lively, darting swiftly from tree to tree in search of food. 



It is very fond of fruit, and during the orange season great numbers mav be seen in the 

 orchards, especially about Parramatta, fighting over the half-decayed fruit which almost covers the 



gr< »und. 



It generally breeds in August and September, hut eggs have sometimes been found as early 

 as . I une. The eggs, usually two in number; are pale pink, becoming darker at the larger end, where 

 they are spotted with a still darker shade. The nest, which is rather bulky, is composed of long 

 strips of stringy-bark. 



The eggs of the Cobcomantis Flabellifoiinis are often found in the nest of this bird, which 

 acts as a foster-mother to the young. 



The crown of the head is olive ; the throat and chest, bright yellow ; a black line commences 

 at the base of the bill, surrounds the eve and extends over the ear-coverts ; behind the ear there is a 

 tuft of yellow feathers; upper surface, wings and tail are dark brown, tinged with olive; primaries 

 and tail feathers bordered with olive-yellow: under surface, brownish-yellow : bill, black; irides, very 

 dark brown ; feet, blackish-brown. 



Habitat: Xew South Wales. 



