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gether all the time, and did not speak. Eventually, there was 
a noise in the distance, whereupon the male gave a sharp little 
call and the two flew off in company, disappearing among trees 
one hundred yards away. Following again, I saw no chance of 
locating the female (brown and grey except for a faint reel 
patch on each wing), but had no difficulty in regaining sight of 
the male. Strange that beauty should be so indiscreet! He sat 
moderately still in an exposed position for half an hour, and 
then moved up among the leaves of the iron-bark in which he 
was perched. (Presumably these birds eat galls among the 
leaves, just as do the Crimson Rosellas.) The next move was 
again at the call of the male, the pair flying into grass thirty 
yards off. At this stage I had an excellent view of them 
feeding for half an hour or so. Here two Noisy Miners swooped 
at the dainty pair, one at each. The only protest was the short, 
sharp, musical whistle, “Qucek!” rather like one of the notes of 
a Logrunner ( Orihonyx ). The incident suggested hoodlums at¬ 
tacking aristocrats. No indication of going to a nest was given 
by the Parrots (though termites’ mounds were numerous 
enough) ; so, to bring matters 1o a climax, I moved to within ten 
yards of the pair. The two looked at me steadily, the male with 
a touch of hauteur, the female rather timidly; then they flew aloft 
again. 
And there I left them. The lunch-billy had been boiling for 
three hours by this time, but—well, Psephotus pulcherrimus , 
wrote Gould, “is one of the most lovely of the Psittacidae yet 
discovered!” 
On January 11, 1923, Mr. Jerrard wrote me: “The Paradise 
Parrots you studied that day while the billy boiled are still con¬ 
stant to the vicinity. They have been seen several times by my¬ 
self and others, but no nest has yet been located. \ have trust¬ 
worthy information that another pair has inhabited for two years 
at least a spot ten or twelve miles distant from the domain of 
my pair.” 
On February 23, 1923, Mr. Jerrard further* wrote: “None of 
the ant-hills about last year’s nesting-site has been used this 
season. A week ago, however, T saw a pair not far from one of 
the nesting-mounds we visited. I surmise that they have nested 
or are nesting in the vicinity. In reading in your book, Maicship 
with Birds, the chapter on 'The Aristocracy of the 'Crest,’ I 
paused at the remark on the Bell-bird’s 'confirmed habit of hop¬ 
ping along roadways’ being a reason for its being fairly well- 
known by sight. How applicable, thought I, is that remark to 
another bird which may well feel the desire to be seen—the 
Paradise Parrot! Ever since I first met the latter (on the road) 
T have found them to be remarkably addicted to the roadside. 
To this habit T attribute my success in observing them. You will 
recall how, after scouring the country all the morning, we came 
