160 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on a 



Melopsittacus undulatus Shaw. 



Melopsittacus undulatus Math. p. 51. 



a. £ . Carnarvon, 26th July. 



Iris whitish-buff; bill yellowish-olive; cere of a bluish- 

 slate-colour ; legs of a light bluish-lead-colour. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 7*75 inches. 



[The Warbling Grass-Parakeet is migratory and appears 

 at uncertain times : it occasionally visits districts in enormous 

 numbers. It is never found in the extreme south-west. — 

 G. C. £.] 



Neophema petrophila Gould. 

 Neophema petrophila Math. p. 51. 



a. S imm. King River, 7th Jan. 



b. $ . Albany, 24th March. 



c. d. (J. Pelican Point, 29th March. 



Iris dark brown ; bill of a horn-colour, yellowish at the 

 base ; legs of a light slate-colour. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 9 inches. 



[The Rock Parakeet feeds on the ground and frequents 

 sandy or pebbly localities on the sea- shore or on the banks 

 of estuaries.— G. C. S.~\ 



PsEPHOTUS MULTICOLOR Teilllll. 



Psephotus multicolor Math. p. 50. 



a-e. £ $ et $ ? imm. Kurrawang, 6th Sept.-4th Oct. 



/. $ imm. Hawksnest, 1st Nov. 



Iris dark brown; upper mandible pale blue tipped with 

 slaty-black, lower mandible of a dark slate-colour ; legs of a 

 dusky slate-colour. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, H'5-12'25 inches. 



Contrary to what has been written by Gould and others, 

 the female of this species is very different from the male. 

 The back and breast are greyish-brown tinged with olive; the 

 band across the lesser wing-coverts is dull scarlet, instead of 

 yellow, the belly is pale green with scarcely a trace of red and 

 the under tail-coverts are pale green, instead of pale yellow. 



The specimen li i" described as the young of this species 

 in the 'Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum,' xx. 



