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EfHtor'ml. 
" numerous u,t Swan liver, and in all jn'ohaliility is dispersed over the 
' whole of the intermediate country. It is the only true honey-feeding 
'■ Lorikeet 1 have seen from Western Australia, a circumstance which 
"caiuiot he accounted for, since the face of the country is covered with 
"trees so conducive to the well-being of the othei' members of the group." 
"Most of the specimens I collected were shot during the months of 
".Tune and July in the neighboui'hood of Adelaide, and some of them in 
" the town itself. It ap])ears to arrive in this district at the flowering 
"season of the EiicKlmiti, in company with 7'. niiiirnuiliir. (1. anxlrnVix and 
" y<».sv7/((, all of which may frequently be seen on the same tree at one 
" time. As this tribe of birds depend solely for its subsistence ujion tlie 
" Howers of the gum-trees, their i)resence in an.y locality would be \ainly 
" sought for at any season when those trees are not in blossom." 
" The sexes are precisely alike in size and in the colour of their 
"plumage. Forehead, lobes and ear coverts, yellow, intermingled with 
" scarlet ; crown of the head, deep jjurple ; back of the head and neck, 
" yellowish green ; wing-coverts and rump, grass green ; primaries, blackish 
" brown, margined externally with deep green, the extreme edge being 
" greenish yellow ; tail, greenish above, golden beneath ; throat and under 
" surface, greenish grey, passing into golden green on the flanks and under 
" tail-coverts ; bill, black ; irides in some dark brown, in others light reddish 
" brown with a narrow ring of orange round the pupil ; feet, bluish flesh 
" colour." 
A few of tlie ubove have heen brought over by Mr. Wallace with a 
large consignment of various Australian Finches and Pairakeets. I 
have not seen this species, but unless Gould described an innnature 
l)ird their is some discrepancy in the description, for. whereas he des- 
cribes the throat and undersurface as " greenish-grey," the letters of 
description whicli liave reached me, describe these parts as pale sky- 
blue. However, as a pair of these birds are at present sojourning in 
Mr Mill.^um's bircboom, he will jirobaltly favour us with a description 
of liis lovely and rare acquisition. 
f'lie most suitable diet foi" this si)ecies would he niilk-so]). well 
sweetened aiul sln|i]»y, witli any I'ipc I'ruit tlit^\' c;iii be iucbu'ed Id take. 
The Dartford Warbler. 
( Mel izojili il iix (hirtj'ordifiisis ). 
Hy John Frostick. 
CHAP. I. —AT LIBERTY. 
Many nf our nieinl)ei's liav(^ no doubt read niy arl icle of a few 
months l)ael\ in " ( 'inmry and ( 'aqc i'ird l>ile," entitled "The Haunt 
of tlie Oartrord Warbler." Mcetini;' a binly I'riend shortly afterwards, 
he said, " I was much interested in yonr notes but 1 was sorry to see 
