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498. — Platvceucus i'laviventius, TLiiuniuck. — (^17) 

 GEEEN FAKKAKEET. 



Figure.— Gon\<i : Birds o£ Australia, fol., vol. v., pi. 24. 



Reference. — Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. xx., p. 545. 



Previous Descriptions of Eggs. — Gould : Birds of Australia (184S) , 



also Handbook, vol. ii., p. 49 (1S65); North: Austn. Mus. 



Cat., p. 258 (1889). 



Geographical Distribution. — Tiismama aud principal islands in 

 Bass Strait. 



Xest. — Within a hole in a tall tree (cucalypt). 



Eyys. — Clutch, foiu- to six or eight ; elliptical in shape ; textiu'e of 

 shell fine ; sm-face glossy ; colour, piu-e white. Dimensions in inches of a 

 pair: (1) M7 x -88. (2) M6x-89. 



Oh.-<ervatiun-i.- — The large Yellow-bellied or Green Pan'ot is pccuUar 

 to Tasmania and the larger islands in Bass Strait. Odd examples may 

 have been found on the mainland opposite, because, in the excursion 

 of the Field NaturaUsts' Club of Victoria, the Parrots were found on 

 Kent Group, not more than sixty miles from the nearest Victorian 

 coast. In all examples seen in the Strait we noticed none so highly 

 coloiu-ed as the figm-e shown in Gould's plate : possibly they had not 

 reached perfection, because, like the Ciinison (Pennant) Parrakeet, 

 the full adult plumage is the progress of seasons. 



When these yoimg Parrakeets are first hatched, Gould remarks 

 that they are covered with long wliite down, and present an appearance 

 of a round ball of white cotton wool. 



The eggs of the Green Parrakeet in my collection are from a set 

 of four taken by Mr. G. H. Hinsby, from a hollow gum, at a height 

 of only six feet from the ground, on the Hamilton Road, near Both- 

 well, Tasmania, November, 1876. 



Breeding months, October to December or January. 



499. — Platycercus pallidiceps. Vigors. — (419) 

 PALE-HEADED PARRAKEET. 



Figure. — Gould : Birds of Australia, fol., vol. v., pi. 26. 



Reference. — Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. xx., p. 547. 



Previous Descriptions of Eggs. — Ramsay : Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S. 

 Wales, vol. vii., p. 53 (i<S82) ; Campbell : Southern Science 

 Record (1883). 



Geographical Distribution. — Queensland and New South Wales. 



