NESTS AND EGGS OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. 643 



512. — Barnardivs occidentalis. North. 

 NORTH PARRAKEET. 



Reference. — Records Austn. Mus., vol. ii., p. 83 (1893). 

 Ceographirnl Dhtrihiitinn. — West and North-west Australia. 



Ohaervations. — Mr. North states : "In tlic disposition of its markings 

 B. occidentnlM resembles B. zonarius, bub it differs from that species in 

 having light-blue instead of dark-blue cheeks; in the gi-eater extent of 

 the conspicuous lemon-vellow of the lower portion of the breast and the 

 whole of the abdomen, nnrl which erfeinh as for r/s the rent, instead of 

 the deep gamboge-yeliow of the centre of the abdomen only ; in the 

 verditer-green of the chest, back, wings, scapulars and interscapular 

 region, instead of dark gi-een, and in the absence of the naiTow black 

 band immediately below the collar." 



This description seems to answer to those of the birds I shot near 

 Champion Bay (referred to in the preceding species), one of which 

 I forwarded to the British Museum, with the hint that it was possibly 

 new, but which Count Salvadori made synonymous with B. zonnrins. 

 I also received similar Parrots from Mr. T. Carter, Point Cloates. 



If I recollect rightly, B. nccidenfalis is the first bird that has been 

 named by Mr. North, and if he can establish his new species, I venture 

 to think ornithologists will agree with me in placing it on the vernacular 

 list as the North Pairakeet. In the event of the new species being 

 undoubtedlv established, then the eggs which I Inve described from the 

 Champion Bay district as B. :ritieiriii'^ arc referable to B. orrideufnlis. 



513. PSEPHOTUS ZANTHOREHOT-S. Gould. (427) 



YELLOW-VENTED PARRAKEET. 



Reference. — Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. x.x.. p. 563. 



Previous Descriptions of Eggs. — Lucas : Victorian Naturalist (1884) ; 

 Campbell : Southern Science Record (1885) ; North : Proc. 

 Linn. Soc, N.S. Wales, vol. ii., 2nd ser., p. 986 (1887). 



Geograjjhicnl Dixtrihution. — New South Wales, Victoria, South and 



West Australia. 



Nest. — Within a hole or hollow, usually in a box-tree (Eucalyptus) 

 growing in belts of timber on the plains ; also reported to breed in 

 the cliffs of the Lower Murray River. 



Eggs. — Clutch, five to seven usually, ten maxiiiuuii ; roiuid in shape ; 

 texture of shell fine ; sttrface glossy ; colour, piu'e wliite. Dimensions in 

 inches of a clutch : (1) LO x -84, (2) -94 x -84, (3) -94 x -8, (4) -92 x -84. 

 (5) -92 x -82. 



