I mention this fact in proof of the perfect harmony existing between these species while feeding; a night’s rest, however, and the taming effect of hunger, doubtless contributed much to this harmonious feeling, as I observed that at other periods of the day they were not so friendly. Although the _T. Swainsonii_ is so numerous in New South Wales, I did not succeed in procuring its eggs; the natives informed me that they are two in number, and that they are deposited in the holes of the largest _Eucalypti_, the period of incubation being from September to January. Head, sides of the face and throat blue, with a lighter stripe down the centre of each feather; across the occiput a narrow band of greenish yellow; all the upper surface green, blotched at the base of the neck with scarlet and yellow; wings dark green on their outer webs; their inner webs black, crossed by a broad oblique band of bright yellow; tail green above, passing into blue on the tips of the two central feathers; under surface of the tail greenish yellow; chest crossed by a broad band, the centre of which is rich scarlet, with a few of the feathers fringed with deep blue, and the sides being rich orange-yellow margined with scarlet; under surface of the shoulder and sides of the chest deep blood-red; abdomen rich deep blue, blotched on each side with scarlet and yellow; under tail-coverts rich yellow, with an oblong patch of green at the extremity of each feather; bill blood-red, with the extreme tip yellow; nostrils and bare space round the eye brownish black; irides reddish orange, with a narrow ring of dark brown next the pupil; feet olive. The sexes resemble each other so closely both in size and colouring that they cannot be distinguished with certainty. The figures are those of a male and a female of the natural size. [Illustration: TRICHOGLOSSUS RUBRITORQUIS, _Vig. and Horsf._ _J. Gould and H.C. Richter del^t._ _C. Hullmandel Imp._ ] TRICHOGLOSSUS RUBRITORQUIS, _Vig. and Horsf._ Red-collared Lorikeet. _Trichoglossus rubritorquis_, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 291.—Lear’s Ill. Psitt., pl. 34.—Wagl. Mon. Psitt. in Abhand., tom. i. p. 552. This lovely _Trichoglossus_ inhabits the northern coasts of Australia, and is as beautiful a representative of its near ally, the _T. Swainsonii_ of the south coast, as can well be imagined. In their habits and economy also the two birds so closely approximate that a description of one will serve for both. Independently of the richer blue of the head, the red nuchal collar and dull blackish olive mark on the abdomen are marks by which it may readily be distinguished. The Red-collared Lorikeet is by far the most beautiful bird of the two, and indeed in the splendour of its colouring is second to no member of its group.