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531 V Splendlda, 61d. (Euphema splendida), Scarlet-chested Grass- 

 Parrakeet. 

 Mai M'l ear coverts deep indigo-blue ; all upper surface 



■ en : breast rich scarlet. 

 Female. Throat and breast yellowish-green. 



Hal. : .1. 7. !'. 



Genus NANODES.- Tail feathers narrow and acumiu 

 V discolor. Shaw fLathamus discolor). Swift Lorikeet. 



era] colour green; forehead and chin red, with yellow spot 

 |.. : crown ot " Ik ail deep l.lue or greenish-blue ; tips of shoulders 

 and under tail covei ta deep red. 

 Bab. : 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 



(.i !HJS MBLOPSITTAt !US. Tail feathers acuminate. 

 !H, mnliilat us. Shaw, Warbling Grass-Parrakeet. 



General colour Btraw-yellow to grass-green, with black cross 

 hands: on the cheeks an oblique hand of rich blue, below which 

 three black circular spots, sometimes two. 

 Hah. : 1. ti. 7, 9. 



GENUS- l'EZOPORUS.— Tail long, longer than wing; nails long and 



straight. 



• ; » P, f'orillOSUS. Lath., Ground Parrakeet. 



Adult Male. Entirely dark grass -green ; all feathers of lower 

 breast, abdomen, and tail barred in centre alternately with yellow 

 and black ; hack of head and neck green, streaked with black ; 

 touch of orange on forehead. 



Total length, 12 5 in. : wing, 5*25 in. ; tail. 7 75 in. 



Young wants orange band on forehead. 



Hah. : :;. 4. 5, 6, 9. 



GENUS GEOPSITTACUS.— Tail shorter than wing; nails short and 



curved. 



535. <■. OCCidentallS< Gld., Night Parrakeet 



Tpp- r parts olive green : head and nape have black in middle of 

 • nr : feathers of upper hack black, with yellow spot in 

 middle : upper tail c.\ erts and breast with black spots and irregular 

 bands ; abdomen and under tail coverts sulphur-yellow. 

 Hah. : 6, 7. 9. 



ORDER COLUMBiE. 



am swollen at the tip, convex; its basal portion has a soft skin, in 

 which lie the oestrus, with a valve over them The tarsi are 

 .il ton- and i.ar with hexagonal scales. Palate BchizognathoUB. 

 ils BchusorhinaL 



Sub-order— Columbae. 



I esses present, and placed medially. 



FAMILY— TEEEONID-ffl. 



Tamil feathered more than half its length. 



Soli v( rj broad, each toe with skin expanded on the si< 



Si B i win. v PTILOPODIN.fi. 



Ihll thin and short. Size small (less than < '. livia). 



