iliÜ M l i I t breeds daring August a n d 5 h ^ ^ M ? m g J»onths, a n d ^ f te u T e ^ tm or more
' broods; the eggs are H B B B two M ■ ■ .
Its Best Which is very similar to that'bf theWher members :of thKfffilily, is a fra,] structure o f j g ^ l twigs,
r a t e hoilpw ip form, and is usually placed on the"horizontal'branch of ^ apJ)J e. ^ - g j ^ ^ aeay th e .
B B S those trees g r o s * « « ft* land i i B H U
frequently seen in confinement, hothin its natiyeueountrpand in,England,, but I have ^ ^ h e a r i-w h ^ lm r it
will or will not breed it$Sptivity. At Swan^ffieryt | said ,apd t^ h s.n je t w i t h * ^ : !
inferior ofutSSt-part ofUhe.ccpmtry in large flocks.- M Poft Essipgton^gn .,tbej contrary; i t ^ & t g r ! »
*to'he Stationary, as'-SfoS Gilbert mentiohs that it is“found equallyeabundaqt in alhpapts-of the | | p t | y ; its
nest is1 there placed upon % branches of thé Baijksias. - ■" ' ' r ' I f J
Forehead in some deep buff,'in others l i ^ M M i S l ^ eye a n d ;te c h m yellowish white;
backofttbe neck and all %a upper surface broWn, eaqh feather
*with paler edges; eaqb qf the coverts with an oblong spot o f 'r f f ^ tfous .coppery . the outer
web near the bape, the outline of which towards the estremifyof ^ e ^ e a th e r.jB 's h a r^ y d ^ gedj ^ g of
each of the covert®, grey, fading ®to white on the extreme tip ; two or three o f the ferriages ^ a n
oblong spot pf lustrous green on their outer webs a t the base, bounded by» narrow lije p , | ^ ; two .centre
tail-feathers brown; the remainder deep'grey, crossed by a band bf black near the tip ^ q r . a p r f a c e of
the wing and hmer edges of the primaries and secondaries ferruginous; breast dyj p t ó ö m passing into I
^ ^ is h -o h 'th e Centre’ of the abdomen and ander t^ c o v e r ts ; hides dark reddish brown; bill blackish g re y ;
k g s and feet-carmine-red:, -• - - ru
». .The-figures-represent the male and female of the natural size, the flatter in the agonies of death from ,a
shokwottnd.'- H