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Stat. c. _plains_ 12
Head, neck, chest, back green; rump little red; abdomen, thighs scarlet; forehead, shoulder, under base tail yellow; f., brick red patch on shoulder, duller. Gra.s.s-seeds.
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[Ill.u.s.tration: [206] [207] [208] [209] [210]]
=206* Red-backed Parrot= (Gra.s.s, Red-rumped, Ground), _P.
haematonotus_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A.
Large flocks, v.c. _gra.s.s_ 11
Green; lower-back scarlet; tip-shoulder outer wing-quills blue; centre-shoulder, abdomen yellow; f., brownish-olive upper. Seeds.
7 7
=207 Bourke Gra.s.s-Parrot= (Night, Pink-bellied), _Neophema bourkei_, N.S.W., V., S.A. (interior).
v.r. _plains_ 8.5
Upper olive-brown; under delicate brown tinged pink; forehead, shoulder, flanks, under tail blue; f., forehead not blue.
Seeds.
=208 Blue-winged Gra.s.s-Parrot= (Blue-banded), _N. venusta_, N.S.W., V., S.A., T., King Is.
[~208 _Neophema chrysostoma._]
Mig. r. _open timber_ 9
Forehead, large patch shoulder deep-blue; crown, neck, back, breast green; face, abdomen light-yellow; tail tipped fine yellow; f., sim. Gra.s.s seeds.
=209* Gra.s.s-Parrot= (Elegant Gra.s.s), _N. elegans_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A.
Mig. r. _gra.s.s_ 9
Forehead, patch shoulder, wing-quills blue; about eye rich-yellow; back golden-green; chest green; abdomen, side of tail yellow; f., duller. Seeds. Musical whistle.
=210 Orange-breasted Gra.s.s-Parrot= (Orange-bellied), _N.
chrysogastra_, N.S.W., V., S.A., T.
Mig. r. _gra.s.s_ 9
Crown, upper gra.s.s-green; forehead blue; cheeks, breast yellowish-green; shoulder, patch on wing deep-blue; abdomen, under base tail yellow; lower abdomen much orange; f., less orange. Seeds. Sharp snapping note.
=211 Red-Shouldered Gra.s.s-Parrot= (Chestnut-shouldered, Beautiful), _N. pulch.e.l.la_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A.
Mig. c. _timber_ 8
Cheeks, shoulders rich metallic-blue; crown, hind-neck, upper, flanks bright olive-green; bright patch chestnut-red at insertion of wing; under rich-yellow, tail green tipped yellow; f., sim. Seeds.
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=212 Scarlet-chested Gra.s.s-Parrot= (Orange-throated, Splendid), _N. splendida_, N.S.W., V., S., W.A.
v.r. _scrub_ 8
Head, neck beautiful deep-blue; shoulder blue; breast scarlet; abdomen light-yellow; upper green; f., duller, breast green.
Seeds.
1 1
=213* Swift Parrot= (Red-shouldered), Swift-flying Lorikeet (e), _Euphema discolor_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., T.
[~213 _Lathamus discolor._]
Mig. r. _flowering eucalypts_ 9.5
Green; forehead, throat, tip-shoulder, base tail above below, under-wing red; crown, edge wing blue; f., smaller, duller.
Honey.
1 1
=214* Warbling Gra.s.s-Parrot= (Sh.e.l.l-, Canary-, Zebra-), Betcherrygah, Budgerigar, Love-Bird (Flight-), _Melopsittacus undulatus_, A. (int.).
Mig. flocks c. _timber_ 7.5
Head, throat yellow; under, rump green; upper green finely barred black; several dark spots on throat; f., smaller.
Gra.s.s-seeds.
1 2
=215 Ground Parrot= (Swamp), _Pezoporus terrestris_, V., S.A.
W.A., T., Ba.s.s St. Is.
v.r. u. _sandy_, _swampy_ 13
Green uniformly barred black yellow; forehead scarlet; tail long; never perches; f., sim. Seeds.
1 1
=216 Night Parrot= (Spinifex), Western Ground Parrakeet, _Geopsittacus occidentalis_, V., S.A., C.A., W.A., N.W.A.
v.r. u. _swampy_ 10
Like 215, but forehead not red; under base short tail yellow.
F. 77. _Stringopidae_, Owl-Parrot, 2 sp. A. (N.Z.).
