174 BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT OF GEELONG 
PURPLE-CROWNED LORIKEET 
Glossopsitta porphyrocephala porphyrocephala 
This and the following species are the smallest 
Parrots we have. The general plumage of this bird 
is green, as is that of the Little Lorikeet, but it may 
be identified by its yellow forehead and the deep 
purple patch on the crown of the head from which 
it derives its name. In all respects its habits are 
similar to those of the other Lorikeets : associated in 
flocks, it travels from point to point, according as 
the eucalyptus trees are in blossom at one place or 
another. The flocks vary in size from seven or 
eight to twenty or thirty ; they will halt as readily 
in a town-garden, if there are flowering gums, as in 
the bush. The last I chanced to note were feeding 
in a tall eucalypt in Moorabool Street, just across 
the road from Christ Church. Young birds were 
found in a hollow in a growing branch of a gum tree 
near Marcus in September, 1901 ; nor is there any 
doubt but that these Lorikeets breed freely wherever 
they happen to find a suitable area of large-boled 
gums in flower in the spring. I should say that this 
is the commonest of the three Lorikeets. 
LITTLE LORIKEET 
Glossopsitta pusilla 
The Dog Rocks, Batesford, is a spot rarely untenanted 
by small roving bands of this Lorikeet, which has a 
