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an Eyrean irruption into Northern Rassian. In 

 1918-19 thousands of Warbling Grass Parrots 

 (Melopsittacus undulatus) left the plains in the 

 drought for the hills, and hundreds of White Egrets 

 (Herodius timoriensis) left the inland creeks for 

 the coast (Edwards, Bega). The Painted Finch 

 (Emblema picta) left the interior and found its 

 way in large quantity to the Parramatta Basin. 



The general trend of drought movements in New 

 South Wales is as follows:— 



A. To the Darling River; Upper reaches. 



a^ South from Queensland. 



1. Red-winged Parrot (A. erythrops). 



2. Flock Pigeon (H. histrionica). 



a^ From immediate drought area: White-Eye 

 (Zosterops dorsalis). 



B. To all Downs e.g. Tricoloured chat. 



C. From the West into the great Coastal Range: 



e.g. 

 c^ Talbragar District, Red Wattle Bird A 



carunculata in vast numbers (T. P. 



Austin), 

 c^ Upper Hunter River District. 



Red-backed Parrot (P. haematonotus). 



Red-shouldered Grass Parrot (N. pul- 



chella). 

 Cockatoo Parrakeet (C. novas hoUandiae). 



Emu viii., 1, p. 16, S.W. Jackson 



