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v.c. grass 



wing-quills 



brownish- 



206* Red-backed Parrot (Grass, Red-riimped, Ground), 

 haematonotiis, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A. 



Large flocks. 

 Green; lower-back scarlet; tip-shoulder outer 

 blue; centre-shoulder, abdomen yellow; f, 

 olive upper. Seeds. 

 7 207 Bourke Grass-Parrot (Night, Pink-bellied), A^eop^ema 

 7 hourkei, N.S.W., V., S.A. (interior). v.r. plains 



Upper olive-brown; under delicate brown tinged pink; fore- 

 head, shoulder, flanks, under tail blue; f., forehead not 

 blue. Seeds. 

 208 Blue-winged Grass-Parrot (Blue-banded), N. venusta, 

 N.S.W., v., S.A., T., King Is. Mig. r. open timber 

 Forehead, large patch shoulder deep-blue; crown, neck, 

 back, breast green; face, abdomen light-yellow; tail 

 tipped fine yellow; f., sim. Grass seeds. 

 209*Grass-Parrot (Elegant Grass), N. elegans, S.Q., 

 N.S.W., v., S.A., W.A. Mig. r. grass 



Forehead, patch shoulder, wing-quills blue; about eye rich- 

 yellow; back golden-green; chest gresn; abdomen, side 

 of tail yellow; f., duller. Seeds. Musical whistle. 



210 Orange-breasted Grass-Parrot (Orange - bellied), N. 



chrysogastra, N.S.W., V., S.A., T. Mig. r. grass 



Crown, upper grass-green; forehead blue; cheeks, breast 



yellowish-green; shoulder, patch on wing deep-blue; 



abdomen, under base tail yellow; lower abdomen much 



orange; f, less orange. Seeds. Sharp snapping note. 



211 Red-Shoiildered Grass-Parrot (Chestnut-shouldered, 



Beautiful ),]V. pulcheUa, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A. 



Mig. c. timber 



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