644 Messrs. II. C. Robinson and W. S. Laverock on 
Locality. 
Port Moresby (C. triton) (Livery. Mus.) .... 
Salwatti ( C. mcicrolopha) „ 
Port Essington, 3 „ .... 
“ South Australia ” (probably Northern Terri¬ 
tory) ( Liverp. Mus.) ... 
Cape York, $ ( Livery. Mus.) . 
Cooktown, 3 (Olive Coll.) . 
» cT i) . 
Mt. Sapphiri, Cairns, 3 ( Olive Coll.) . 
c 3 » • • *. 
» 11 d . 
Mt. Bellenden Ker, Cairns, 3 (Olive Coll.) .. 
New South Wales (C. galerita) (Liverp. Mus.) 
Launceston, Tasmania. 
„ „ (C. licmetorhyncha) . . 
Wing. 
Culmen. 
mm. 
mm. 
324 
47 
289 
38 
313 
38 
318 
42 
309 
42 
327 
40-5 
330 
40 
315 
39 
315 
42-5 
311 
38 
322 
40 
370 
52 
352 
52 
348 
53 
This table shows that the Northern Australian specimens 
come near those from New Guinea in size at least; we 
have accordingly recorded them as C. triton , regarding all 
these forms merely as belonging to one very variable species, 
which may or may not be divided into subspecies accord¬ 
ing to individual opinion. 
92. tApROSMicTus cyanopygius (Vieill.) ; Salvad. t. c. 
p. 486. 
Mr. Olive has forwarded a very large series of this species 
from the neighbourhood of Cairns. 
The dimensions are slightly less, and the scarlet of the 
head and under surface much deeper, than in specimens from 
Moreton Bay and Port Stephens. 
“ Plentiful, but very shy, occurring in large flocks and 
occasionally in pairs; not always easy to procure, as the line 
of flight is usually very high. Male : iris yellow; feet 
black ; bill red, with the tip of the upper mandible and the 
whole of the lower black. Female : iris yellow ; feet and 
bill black 33 (Olive), 
The eggs of this bird were procured on October 26th; 
the nest was situated in the hollow of a tree, with the 
entrance about twenty feet above the ground. The eggs 
were fi\e in number and were much incubated, so much so 
