Part 44

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=200* Crimson Parrot=, Crimson Rosella, Pennant Parrakeet, Red Lory (e), Mountain Lowry (e), Platycercus elegans, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A.

Stat. v.c. timber, open 13.5

Head, neck, under, rump rich deep crimson; feathers of back black, edged crimson; cheeks, shoulders blue; tail tipped pale-blue; f., sim.; young all green at first. Grass, seeds, insects, caterpillars.

=201 Yellow Parrot=, Yellow Rosella, Murray Smoker (e), Swamp Lory (e), Yellow-rumped Parrakeet, P. flaveolus, N.S.W., V., S.A. (interior).

Stat. v.r. lofty river gums 13.5

"Exceedingly lovely bird, a harmony in blue and canary yellow;" upper under canary-yellow; back feathers black edged pale-yellow; wing blue; tip quills dark-brown; tail tipped light blue and white; forehead crimson; cheeks blue; f., duller. Seeds.

=202* Rosella=, Rosehill Parrakeet, Nonpareil Parrot, P. eximius, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., T.

Stat. v.c. open timber 12.5

Crown, hind-neck, chest, under base tail scarlet; cheeks white; back feathers black edged rich yellow; rump, upper base tail, lower abdomen pale-green; centre-abdomen yellow; shoulders blue; tail tipped pale blue; f., young sim.

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=203* Mallee Parrot= (Scrub), Barnard Parrakeet, Ring-neck, Bulla-Bulla, Barnardius barnardi, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A. (interior).

Stat. c. mallee scrub, water courses 13

Crown, chest, abdomen, rump rich-green; yellow band on hind-neck; forehead red; back bluish-gray; centre-abdomen orange; wing-quills black; shoulder blue; centre tail feathers green becoming deep iridescent blue at tip; side tail deep blue at base becoming bluish white at tip; bill horn color; f., sim. Seeds.

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=204* Blue-Bonnet=, Bulloak Parrot, Yellow-vented Parrakeet, Psephotus zanthorrhous, N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A. (inland).

c. mallee-scrub, plains 12.5

Forehead, face blue; crown, upper, chest yellowish-gray; rump, under base tail, abdomen deep yellow, about legs scarlet; edge shoulder, patch on wing blue; wing-quills blackish-brown; f., duller. Seeds.

=205* Many-colored Parrot= (Varied, Mulga), P. multicolor, N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A., N.W.A. (inland).

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. Grass-seeds.

=206* Red-backed Parrot= (Grass, Red-rumped, Ground), P. haematonotus, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A.

Large flocks, v.c. grass 11

Green; lower-back scarlet; tip-shoulder outer wing-quills blue; centre-shoulder, abdomen yellow; f., brownish-olive upper. Seeds.

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=207 Bourke Grass-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.