They nest in the hollows of tall gum trees ; the female laying two dirty white eggs of a rounded form 

 mikI somewhat course shell ; length, eleven lines and three-quarters ; breadth, nine lines. 



The male has the forehead, top of head, and ear coverts, deep red; crown and nape, verditer green ; 

 hack and shoulders, dull yellowish brown; lower surfaces of back, tail coverts, and tail, wing coverts and outer 

 wclis of 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 has very little red about the head, no mixture of yellow and brown on her back; under 

 surfaces, more delicate tureen ; inner webs of tail, orange-red at base, fading into greenish yellow; irides, yellow. 



Habitats: Rockingham Hay. Rort Denison, Wide Ray District, Da wson River, Richmond and Clarence 

 River Districts i New South Wales), Interior, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania. (Bamamj.) 



TRICHOGLOSSUS PUSILLUS. (rig.j 



THE JJSBBY GANG, OR LITTLE LOB IKEET. Genus: Tkichoglossus. 



n\'.\\ 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 

 find 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 Trichoglossus concilium, 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 cutis 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. 



F' rehead, 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 Bay, Tort Denison, Wide Ray District, Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence 

 River Districts (New South Wales), Interior, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania. {Banian y.) 



