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



This species was first described by Count Salvadori from 

 a specimen in the British Museum which had formed part 

 of the Gould Collection, its origin being otherwise unknown. 

 Subsequently Dr. Hartert recorded examples in the Tring 

 Museum from Beaufort and Cranbrook, which places 

 (according to the Editors of the ' Emu,' vii. p. 117 (1907)), 

 are in Western Australia. Its discovery by Mr. Shortridge 

 at Southern Cross is therefore of interest. It is very easily 

 distinguished from P. icterotis (Kuhl) by the darker greenish- 

 grey (not sap-green) colour of the back and the margins of 

 the innermost secondaries, while the middle pair of tail- 

 feathers are mostly dark purplish-blue, instead of green. 



Calopsittacus novjE-hollandi/e (Gmel.). 



Calopsittacus novce-hollandia Math. p. 47. 



a, b. $ $ . York, 2nd Jan. {J. W. Bell). 



Iris dark brown : bill of a bluish-lead-colour, darker at 

 the tip. 



[The Cockatoo Parakeet is gregarious and migratory, and, 

 though often plentiful, is uncertain in its appearance. It 

 was observed as far south as Beverley. Its presence in the 

 coastal districts seems to be influenced by the droughts 

 inland.— G. C. £.] 



Cacatua roseicapilla Vieill. 



Cacatua roseicapilla Math. p. 47. 



a-d. (J ? . Laverton, 23rd Oct. 



Iris crimson in the adult, dark brown in the immature 

 bird; wattles round the eyes white tinged with pink; legs 

 mealy grey. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, lo^S-lG'O inches. 



[The Hose-breasted Cockatoo, like its allies, is gregarious 

 and at times plentiful, though its appearance in the central 

 and western divisions is uncertain. It is called ' Galah ' by 

 the colonists. — G. C. S.~\ 



Cacatua gymnopis Sclat. 

 Cacatua gymnopsis Math. p. 47. 



a, b. S ? • Clifton Downs, 5th & 10th Oct. 



Iris dark brown, naked skin on the face of a mealy slate- 



