Its natnm! food is the seeds of various grasses, but it unhesitatingly attacks ripe fruit if left 
unprotected. 
The mod* 1 of Highl is never sustained, consisting merely of a series of short, rapid, undulating sweeps. 
'I he note is a weak, piping Kind of whistle, which is sometimes lengthened into the character of a song. 
The rugs are white, and six or seven in number, deposited in hollows without any nest; and the same 
rules as apply to most of the rest of its order hold good with regard to the gradual change and development of 
plumage, from t he olive -reen of immaturity, to the brilliant parti-coloured livery of scarlet, yellow, blue, and 
green <>r perfect maturity. 
In s|/e ii is a small bird, with head and breast deep red; cheeks, yellow ; back, black, each feather 
outlined with -reeii ; shoulders and primaries, metallic green, black and deep blue; secondaries and tertiarties, 
deep blue, ending in black ; tail, metallic green, tipped on outer edges with blue above, and entirely blue beneath ; 
i rides, black ; bill and feet, horn colour. 
Immature bird, dull bronze green, breast and abdomen flecked with red; wings, blue, edged with black 
on outer web of secondaries and tertiaries. 
Habitats: Western Australia, South Australia. 
