The nrst is made ill the hollow of :i bough or tree; here the female laysthree Or lour white eggs on t lie 

 suit dead trood, hatching them in about eighteen days. As soon as the breeding season is over, the birds all retire 

 into thr hr interior, to re-appear on and near the southern coast with the spring, there to remain till their young 

 Ones are able to accompany them on their return journey to the beloved fastnesses. 



Forehead, eheeks, and neck, deep blue, touched with metallic blue ; all the upper surfaces grass green ; 

 upper w ing OOVerts, LndigO 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 w i 1 1 1 yellow, which increases as the feathers recede from the centre; breast, red; under surfaces, 

 yellow, pissing into green on the sides of the chest and Hanks. (Gould. J 



Habitats : Western Australia, South Australia, Interior, .New South "Wales. 



