3l8 BIRDS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. 



yellow, instead of a crimson, head, while the Stanley 

 Parrakeet from Western Australia is smaller, but other- 

 wise not unlike the rosehill, as the rosella parrakeet is also 

 called. 



The PiLEATED Broadtail is from Western Australia, 

 and is a very charming bird. Its crown, or cap, is ruby 

 red ; the face yellowish green ; the breast lilac ; the rump 

 yellow, and the rest green, except the under surface of the 

 tail, which is lavender, tipped with white. 



The CocKATiEL is a well-known bird, from the northern 

 l)arts of South Australia. Its general colour is gre}'^, but 

 the face is yellow, as likewise is the crest ; and the ear 

 coverts are brick red ; the wing coverts white, and the 

 under side of the tail Ijlack in the male. In the female it 

 is barred and spotted with yellow. She has no yellow on 

 her face. 



The New Zealand Parrakeet is green, with a bright 

 red band above the upper mandible ; the flights are blue. 

 Sexes alike. Auriceps is smaller, about the size of a song- 

 thrush. It has a yellow frontlet instead of a red one. 

 Both species are very gentle, quiet birds, and have bred in 

 confinement, the former freely. 



The Blue Bonnet, the Many-Coloured, and the 

 Beautiful, or Paradise Parrakeets are lovely creatures, 

 but rather more delicate than many of their congeners, 

 especially the last. However, with care they can be pre- 

 served for a good many years ; but the least excitement is 

 apt to give rise to a fatal fit. Canary seed and white 

 millet, with a few oats now and then, are the best feeding 

 for them. 



The Swift Parrakeet is from Tasmania, and is remark- 

 able for the vivid red colour of the under wing coverts. 

 It feeds partly on seed, but also extracts honey from the 

 flowers of the gum trees in its native country. 



