SWIFT-FLYING LORIKEET 191 
SWIFT-FLYING LORIKEET 
Lathamus discolor tregellasi 
In general habits this Parrakeet resembles the Musk 
Lorikeet, and somewhat also in appearance ; but it 
may be distinguished by its rather longer tail, and 
by a bright patch of scarlet under the wings, visible 
from below when the bird is flying. The face is 
scarlet, with an orange spot at the gape. I record 
it on the strength of a specimen in the Geelong 
Museum and Mr. Mulder's statement that it occurs 
here. It is probably quite a regular visitor, as it 
migrates from the north to breed in the south, and 
especially in Tasmania ; but I have not noticed it 
myself, probably owing to an eye-defect which would 
render me incapable of distinguishing the scarlet 
patches against the bird's green body at more than a 
few feet away ; it is likely that I have supposed such 
of these birds as I have seen to be Musk Lorikeets. 
BUDGERIGAR OR LOVE-BIRD 
Melopsittacus undulatus undulatus 
That the beautiful little Budgerigar, or Love-bird, 
sometimes comes in the summer as far down south 
as Geelong, seems undoubted. I have never seen it 
here myself, but my brother, E. N. Belcher, who knew 
the bird well in its central habitat, the interior of 
