TRICHSGMSSUS CHLOROLEPIDOTUS.jmi
Scaly-breasted Lo'fikeet.
, P h t'tic u s cAhralemditw., is * ' *
TncMglossus M a t ; >, \ i ’ an 1 Ijm i*w | H h £ M >‘i>
. ^ f * » * * " “ oW o ro kp iio t^ , M ^ - y p r i t t in p . 660.
The p re se n /L ^ tfe e t is | g > f s p e d e s 'o ^ ^ g e n .i- iuh IhuuiL' N i« Smutb-Wales, which portion of
Australia ,.n I, n c d n l * u„ -iro.ugljnldf tnrrPhhfV W W l r l f i T ^ Iron, any of,the other
y 1 j j f r l* I,fe' ' " inv '» - pU&jb 11 Wl" to :ertsnn, limits, and those of
smal! ( < 1 ' ' »lied'account Qffii%nbii-. mil in a lS o t^T n o u lf l be merely repeating what
I havessaid respecting the T rich o g lo ssu s S w a in so n ii, wa j|w|icK i^ e 'q i e n t ^ associates and even feeds'on-
h,mMfr g g | i inun11.Ml*'nothin K i , uoi so (.cnu-iHt dist'rihnted‘'ov’i r the
faceg g h eCountry. The brushes there w ith -c n o ^ u s M B towering
liurhrtli >w m r i ntlifr*lrr< In «dm li 'In Ssf e ^ nirnumlir^ in'. tKe’lm almis e jji& Jy resorte*jto|by i t :
in'ihi interior ol the?contrary, where-the T r ic h o g lm m S w a in som i is equally as numerous
as in the neighbourhood of the coast, Knever observed it.
^ g s - 's o l e food is ® j||y , gathered froig l l l cups of tb%newly expanded blosspms of the E u c a ly p ti, upon
which' i f feeds%>?s®p|o excess, tba^opf suspending a^sh'-sBot s p e c h n e n ^ g e d o e s a large teaspoonful,
at least, of hq ini'hfflT&ill f l n w ^ 3 ) f f 7g3nth , 11 m i ’ w l S v e know th il’to be the natural "food o f the
principal members pf;d& group, how caffift1 be expected that "they can exi-t SJSprivifj upon the hardseeds
or f a rin a c e o u s ^ ^ s o 'g e h e r a l ^ jw ^ s a substitute ? ^ p r o p e r attention to the £iet ofjtbese birds, by
supglying' themJwUh food of a saceharine c h a r t e r , woSd'dOTMless tie a tte n d e f^ S rtn a b e s t results, and
enable os'to'keep them |s denizens of our c a g e f an.d aviaries, asywell as th<?<feffer memjb'ej^df the family;
thattheg^pe.ihnpng th d ^ o s t elegant' and beautifiil of fte tf ^ p E p ta g iik those
whowliiy have an QppqrtupityjM§||be induced to n J jE ^w riaK J ^
f h e Spaly-fereasjjd lo rik e e t breeds in all tftglarge E u c a ly p ti near Maitland omfhefHunter, but I regret
to say Kdid not procure its eggs; or any ioformlWm respecting'its'niffification-.
- ^ The sexes are SO"cy> spjy mlIk'ef^s not to be oujEwardlv distinguished. ' ‘
r"&]l*the upper surface, wings and tail, rich, grass-green: a few l^at^r^w^lie'bni'k *ufyfhe .neek and all
thefcathers of the undeorsur&ce bright'-yellpw, margined ,u. l lu tip with a iit«< m ot u rn s „rtou, giving
the whole a fasqiated appearance; under surface of the shoulder and base of the primaries and secondaries
rich scarlet j hill beautiful blood-red, inclining to orange at the tip rccercfainh, orbitslolive ab id e s in
some
specimens scarlet with a eixEg of bnff roimdvthe pupil, in others budy yellow.^P
The figures are of the natural size.