Although in the islands to the northward of Australia there arc other species of the same 

 „ r « nus, of considerably larger size, there are none with such fine plumage. 



On account of the out-of-the-way locality in which it is found, and its scarceness even there, 

 almost nothing is known of its habits. 



The female is smaller than the male, and presents some slight differences of colouring. 



The male has the head and all the upper and under surface greenish-olive, with an elongated 

 mark of black down the centre of each feather: tail, brownish-grey, the feathers tipped with yellow; 

 wiilgs, brown, all the feathers margined with yellow; bill, red: irides. scarlet: legs and feet, black. 



Habitat : North coast of Australia. 



