THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Adult female. Scarcely different from the male. “ Bill vermilion, base slate-colour ; iris 
clear yellowish, mth brownish stains roimd the pupil surrounded by orange ; feet 
pinkish-purple ” (Dr. Clelland). Total length, 407 mm. ; culmen, 14 ; wing, 265 ; tail, 
170 ; tarsus, 25. 
Nest. “ A platform of fairly stout twigs placed in a tall tree. Dimensions, 8 to 10 inches 
across by about 3 inches in thickness ” (Campbell). 
Eggs. Clutch, one ; eUiptical in form, sometimes with the ends peculiarly pointed, especially 
the smaller ; texture of shell somewhat granular ; surface glossy ; colour, pearly 
white. Dimension in inches, 1.76 to 1.64 by 1.21 to 1.16 ” (Campbell). 
Breeding season. October to December (Littler). 
Gould* says: “ So entirely arboreal are its habits that I never once saw it 
descend to the ground, or even to the low shrub-like trees. It is strictly 
gregarious, often traversing the forests in flocks of many hundreds in search 
of those trees most laden with its favourite fruit : upon discovering which, the 
entire flock ahght simultaneously, often bearing down the smaller twigs and 
branches with their weight.” 
Mr. Northf writes : “ Common from April to September in palm scrubs 
about the Hawkesbury River, Clifton and Bulli. In some seasons the ‘ Flock 
Pigeon,’ as it is locally called, is unusually abundant. Feeds upon the seeds 
of the Bungalow Palm and the Lilli-pilly. It has been obtained as far inland 
as Penrith. Not known to breed in the county.” 
The bird flgured and described is a male from the Richmond River, New 
South Wales, collected in December of 1889. The female was given me by 
Dr. CleUand, who obtained it on the Hawkesbury River in November, 1909. 
LOPHOLAIMUS ANTARCTICUS MINOR, subsp. nov. 
Dipfers from typical L. antarcticus, in having the band on the tail much 
narrower than it is on birds from South Queensland and New South Wales ; 
and the wing-measurement much less, viz., 252 mm. Habitat Cape York to 
Mackay, Queensland. T3rpe No. 6116 in my own collection. 
At the last moment I have included this new subspecies which I received 
in a collection from North Queensland, two days before going to press. The 
synonymy of this bird will be taken from the previous species that refer to 
birds collected in the above locality. 
* Handb. B. Auatr., II., p. 117 (1866). 
t B. County Cumberland, p. 105 (1898). 
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