THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus chlorolepidotus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII.. p. 259, 1912. 
Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus neglectus Mathews, ib. 
Eutelipsitta chlorolepidota chlorolepidota Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 119 1913. 
Eutelipsitta chlorolepidota neglecta Mathews, South Austr. Ornith., Vol. II., p. 30, 1915 N. Q. 
Eutelipsitta chlorolepidota minor Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., p. 57, 1916, North 
Queensland. 
Distribution. New South Wales and Queensland as far north as Cooktown. 
Adult male. General colour of the upper- and under-surface green, the feathers on the 
manFe, hind-neck, sides of neck, throat, breast and s'des of the body broadly 
banded with yellow ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts black a’ong the sha ts 
and on the inner webs ; primary- and secondary- quills have black shafts dark 
brown on the inner webs which extends to the outer web on the outermost primary ; 
an orange spot on the inner webs, which commences on the first primary as a 
narrow edging, increases in size towards the inner secondaries where it covers 
almost the whole of the inner web and is deeper in colour, the inner webs of the 
primaries show a tendency to yellow edging towards the tips ; outer tail-feathers 
more or less yellow on the inner webs ; crown of head and entire sides of the face 
emerald-green ; axillaries, under wing-coverts, and a patch across the lining of 
the quills red. rather paler on the last, the remainder of the quill-lining and the 
outer greater coverts below dark brown ; the lower flanks, thighs, and under tail- 
coverts green, with yellowish at the base of the feathers ; lower aspect of tail 
dull yellow with orange on the inner edges of some of the feathers. Bill orange, 
fading to yellow at the tip and edges ; eyes pale pink ; feet yellowish-brown. 
Total length, 235 mm. ; culmen 16, wing 124, tail 91, tarsus 14. Figured. 
Collected at Kuranda, near Cairns, North Queensland, on the 7th of February, 1913. 
Adult female. Similar to the adult male. 
Nest. A hollow in a tree. 
Eggs. Two, white ; 24-27 mm. by 19-21. 
Breeding-season. May or June to January. 
Kuhl described this species in 1820 from a specimen in the Collection of the 
Linnean Society of London, and in 1827 Vigors and Horsfield renamed it 
Trichoglossus matoni, observing : “ There is a species described by M. Kuhl 
in his Monograph on this family ( Psitt . chlorolepidotus , p. 48, No. 75), which 
he refers to as being in the Linnean Society’s Collection, and which bears 
some resemblance in characters to the present species. The description, 
however, is not sufficiently accordant with our bird to lead us at once to 
conclude that it is intended for it. The species described above is extremely 
common, and in every extensive collection.” 
It was at once accepted, however, that the two names referred to the 
same bird, and Kuhl’s name having priority was given preference. 
Practically nothing has been written of its habits. Mr. Mellor has 
written me: “I have seen these birds in the Blackall Ranges, Queensland, 
in November 1910, and also near Brisbane about the same time. They live 
on the honey from the various euealypts and other flowering forest and scrub 
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