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glossi dashing among and alighting upon the brandies simulta- 
neously, and with the utmost rapidity, and quitting them in like 
manner, leaving the deafening sound of their thousand voices 
echoing through the woods ; while the Platycerci rise to the branch 
after their undulating flight and leave them again in the like quiet 
manner, no sound being heard but their inward piping note. 
The eggs of the Trichoglossi are from two to four in number. 
409. Trichoglossus Swainsonii, Jard. fy Selb. . . Vol. Y. PI. 48. 
410. Trichoglossus rubritorquis, Vig. fy Horf. . Yol. V. PI. 49. 
“ Procured at Port Molle on the north-east coast, previously only 
found at Port Essington.” — J. M‘Gillivray. 
411. Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus .... 
412. Trichoglossus versicolor, Vig 
413. Trichoglossus concinnus 
414. Trichoglossus porphyrocephalus, Diet. 
415. Trichoglossus pusillus 
Order RASORES. 
Family COLUMBID^E. 
The members of this important family are distributed over every 
portion of the globe, in no part of which are they more numerous 
than in Australia, since that country is inhabited by no less than 
twenty-one species, which, like the Parrakeets, comprise several 
well-marked and distinct genera, and appear to be naturally divided 
into two great groups, the one arboreal, the other terrestrial ; the 
Ptilionopi , Carpophagce and Lopholaimus, with their expansive 
gullets and broad hand-like feet forming part of the former, and the 
Phaps , Geophaps and Geopelice the latter. The Ptilinopi and other 
allied forms are, in consequence of the peculiar character of the 
vegetation, confined, without a single exception, to the eastern and 
northern coasts. 
The species of the genus Phaps , a form which I believe to be con- 
fined to Australia, are more widely dispersed than those of any other 
section of the family, being universally distributed over the entire 
country from north to south and from east to west ; even the parched 
deserts of the interior are visited by them if a supply of water suffi- 
cient for their existence be within reach of their evening flight, which 
is performed with the most extraordinary rapidity and power. 
Genus Ptilinopus. 
The species of this genus, the most brilliant and highly-coloured 
of the Columbidce , range over Australia, New Guinea, Malacca, 
the Celebes, and Polynesia ; two of the three Australian species are 
I believe confined to that country. 
416. Ptilinopus Swainsonii, Gould .... Vol. V. PI. 55. 
Yol. Y. PI. 50. 
Vol. V. PI. 51 . 
Vol. V. PI. 52. 
Vol. Y. PI. 53. 
Yol. Y. PI. 54. 
