They nest in the hollows of tall gum trees ; the female laying two dirty white eggs of a rounded form 
mikI somewhal course shell ; length, eleven lines and three-quarters; breadth, nine lines. 
Tlir male has the forehead, top of head, and ear coverts, deep red; crown and nape, verditer green ; 
back and shoulders, dull yellowish brown; lower surfaces of back, tail coverts, and tail, wing coverts and outer 
welis <i| primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, brilliant green; rest of primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, black; 
inner web of tail, red at base, passing into yellow tipped with grass green; cheeks and throat, verditer green; 
under surfaces, bright green, w ith dull yellow marking below wing ; beak, black at base, yellow at tip ; irides, 
pale straw : feet, dirty brown. 
The female lias very little red about the head, no mixture of yellow and brown on her back; under 
surfaces, more delicate green ; inner webs of tail, orange-red at base, fading into greenish yellow; irides, yellow. 
Habitats: Rockingham Hay. I'ort Denison. Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence 
River Districts i New South Wales), Interior, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania. (Ramsay.) 
TRICHOGLOSSUS PUSILLUS. (Vig.j 
THE JJSRBY GANG, OR LITTLE LOR IKEET. Genus: Tkichoglossus. 
nY.W V. we have a tiny vivacious bird, that looks as though its sole mission in life were to dive into the honey- 
cups and wild blossoms, and drink long draughts of sweetest nectar. Allowing for its greater dantiness we 
li lid it assimilates so closely to others already described, that to enumerate its habits and manners would be 
to repeat ourselves. It is dispersed over the same localities as Trie hog lossits conciiutus, but more sparingly in 
Tasmania. On the continent it frequents the same districts at the same seasons of the year, and is more often 
seen in company with that species than alone, frequently occupying the same tree and the same branch. The 
tongue of these Lorikeets is perfectly fitted for extracting honey; and + ,he bill is strong enough to crack pods, 
and extract seeds when that food is not obtainable. Length, five inches and a-half to six inches. 
On the I'pper Hunter, Gould found a nest in a hole of a small branch of a tall eucalyptus, containing 
lour eggs, white in colour, and oval in shape, nine lines and a-half long by seven lines and a-half broad. The 
month being October, it is reasonable to deduce that the breeding season extends from September to December. 
Egg : Roundish and white ; length, nine lines and a-quarter ; breadth, seven lines and a-quarter. 
The female is smaller in size, and is altogether a faded reproduction of the male. 
Forehead, cheeks, and throat, rich red; a russet ring from beneath the shoulders and across the back 
divides the vivid green head from the brownish green back. All the upper and under surfaces are shades of 
bright lustrous green ; inner webs of primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, black, margined externally with grass 
green; inner webs of lateral tail feathers, red at base, fading into yellowish green at the tip; irides, bright 
yellow; bill and feet, black. (Gould, partim.j 
Habitats : Rockingham Hay, I'ort Denison, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence 
River Districts (New South Wales), Interior, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania. {Ramsey.) 
