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BLUE-BELLIED LORIKEET. 
Trichoglossus Swainsonii Jardine and Selbv. 
PLATE XX. 
Trichoglossus hamatodus, Vig. and Horsf in Linn. Trans. 
voL xv. p. 289 — Trichoglossus multicolor, Wagler , 
Mon. Psill. in Abhand. &c., p. 553 La Peruche 5 
tete bleu, Male, L'Vaill. His. des Per. i. pi. 24 Pe- 
ruche des Mohiques, Huff. PI. Enl. No. 743 — Blue-bellied 
Parakeet, Brown, III. of Zool. pi. 7 ; Illus. Orn. pi. 3 
Blue-bellied Parrot, White, Voy. N. S. W., plate at 
p. 140. 
This beautiful species is a native of New Hol- 
land, where it is found in large flocks, wherever the 
various species of Eucalypti abound, the flowers of 
those trees affording an abundant supply of food to 
this as well as to other species of the Neetivorous 
PaiTots. According to the observations of Mr Ca- 
ley, as quoted by Messrs Vigors and Horsfield in 
their description of the Australian birds in the col- 
lection of the Linmean Society, “ Flocks of these 
birds may be seen in the eucalypti-trees, when in 
flower, in different parts of the country, but in the 
greatest number near their breeding places.” They 
do not, he adds, eat any kind of grain, even in a do- 
