The B68l 18 made ill the hollow of ;i bough or tree; here the female laysthree or lour white eggs on t lie 
soft dead wood, batching them in about eighteen days. As soon as the breeding season is over, tin; birds all retire 
into thr hi interior, to re-appear on and near the southern coast with the spring, there to remain till their young 
ones ;irc able tn accompany them on their return journey to the beloved fastnesses. 
Forehead, checks, and nock, deep blue, touched with metallic blue ; all the upper surfaces grass green ; 
upper w ing coverts, IndigO blue ; primaries and secondaries, black ; the first three or four primaries margined with 
neen ; two centre tail feathers, green; the remaining one black on the internal webs, green on the external, and 
Largeh tipped writh yellow, which increases as the feathers recede from the centre; breast, red ; under surfaces, 
yellow, passing into green on the sides of the chest and ilanks. (Gould.) 
Habitats : Western Australia, South Australia, Interior. New South "Wales. 
