gum-tree ,duriSS,October and the three following months I they are ops inch
'fonu hv'Cnc n-eigliths of an inch broad. t . _ _
I tl’ n^u rll food < unsi* “-of -< ala of var.oua^kmd^pateulnrly th o ^ 'o f aWSfgnt p asse s, and occasionally
of insects'atTd Caterpillars i-> ^ ~ '* ' .
Its flight i- short and undulating; and ia rarely extended t o ^ g r e j f e . tllan » 'T * tJer ot.T^ g 'f e as
tK (? 'b'5:(^ e^ tnafa%hts'on a leafless branch, a l ^ y ^ K g * a h W Fctorr it an? ri|jn £ again ! f |£W 0 r e
£ij|||Jtles; „ j ^ 0 <T' " H B S B h jr
Its note is a somewhat pleasing whistling sound, which is very frequently u t t e r e d . ^
The sexes are alike/m plumage, and the young assume th e h r^ h t colouring frogi the b e s t; -the biriN-^if
the Mar/althoughThty may hare attained their full size, a n -not, so h n l l i ^ g s thi adult, and may always
he d^Sr^iiished;by the bill*and nostriirheing of a delicate gamboge-yellow. 4 * t - fr .jg/ZsTr
o i lm e n s from Van Diemen’s Land a » rather larger in size, and hare^the markings of the »PPtr
of a greener yellow, and altogether lesaWUiant than those ®Vsk NewsSpidb«a le s: I possess a specimen
kdlec^n Mosquito Island, at the mouthSof tfce Hnnter, which is more brilliant thao.fffly o th e r> ^ ay ^ y e t
. !<2rt>wn oftheihe ad, back o fib e n e e k , chest.and under tail-coverts scarlet; cheeks'whi|0§ feathers of
the back black, margined all round with rich yeHow; rump, tipper tail-coverts, and lower part-of tKe belly
pale green -, c e n tiio f the belly-yellow; sbouldersand middle of the iwng rich bine ;-e*ter»aledges ofthe
primaries If e /fb f e em a in f e r o f these feathers dark brown; two middle tail feathers gre'enr'pfe»%3nto
bluish green a t the tip.ithe remainder of the tail-feathers dark blue at rhe base, passing into light’ blue, and
tipped with wbite.;'hill horg-colonr-, feet brown; M ire blackish h i« « ? - -
Thefiguresjafedf the natural size. '