333 
of Birds from Port Denison. 
having the chin very pale yellow, and the breast with a few of 
the feathers forked, the rest being as in No. 1. Abdomen and 
under tail-coverts slightly tinged with orange; upper part of 
abdomen with a few feathers of rose-pink, the same as appear on 
those parts in the adult birds. On the crown of the head are 
also a few feathers of the same tint showing through the green 
ones; the tail-feathers are very sparingly tipped with very light 
yellow, the two middle ones not at all. 
No. 3. Adult as figured in the ‘ Birds of Australia 9 (vol. v. 
pi. 55). The Port Denison birds differ from specimens I have 
received from the Clarence River, in having the tips of the tail- 
feathers of a much lighter yellow, and in some almost white. 
95. Lamprotreron superbus (Temminck). H. B. A. ii. 
p. 108. 
This species appears to be equally common with the last. I 
have received numerous specimens of both sexes, but only two 
(a male and a female) in full plumage; the others are in various 
stages, chiefly all green (except the white abdomen), through 
which the plumage of the adult appears. The feathers on the 
breast of the young of both sexes are rounded, and not forked as 
in the old birds; some young males have a mixture of both. 
96. Megaloprepia magnifica (Temminck). H. B. A. ii. 
p. 110. 
97. Lophol^mus antarcticus (Shaw). H. B. A. ii. p. 116. 
Both these species are common, feeding in the native fig-trees. 
98. Phaps chalcoptera (Latham). H. B. A. ii. p. 122. 
99. Phaps histrionica, Gould. II. B. A. ii. p. 127. 
A large flock of this species visited the neighbourhood of Port 
Denison about October 1864, out of which Mr. Rainbird pro¬ 
cured five specimens, three of which I received; and another, a 
living example, was forwarded to me in December last. It bore 
confinement remarkably well, feeding upon cracked maize and 
bread soaked in water, besides seeds of various kinds. One 
morning, however, it forced its head through the wires of its 
cage and committed suicide. 
100. Geophaps scripta (Temminck). H. B. A. ii. p. 130. 
