Order Paittaciformcx, Faiii/'/i/ Cdcaloidae. 129 



per iiiil<'. Ill iidditioii Ihc iiii rniliici'd siK'cic^s. lotalliin;- l,T~)4 



iii(li\ idiials. wimc ;ils(» noted. Tlic Ici-lm-i'i- Ii:ul lakcii <i \n-e- 



\i()iis census (if l)ir(1s in Jouimums in Xew South Wales ( cliii'll y I 



o\('i- a (lisianrc of 1.:!:'.!)', miles, an acconni of wliicli has al- 



I'cady appealed ii: l hi' " I'linu." and a coniiiaiison of ihe nuin- 



hers of some of the same sjiecies will jiroNc in I ercsl in;j,. Tli.' 



li^ui-es in Inaekels ai-e foi- Xi'W South Wales; Die (iis| onev 



in I'acdi instanro lepn-senl the i)irds seen in Soulli .\ustralia 



i'eactd'nl DoN'e. L*.". illSj; Kestrel. Ki CiTi; total Hawks, <dc., 



i:'>S (!m;); K<;s(dla, !)1 (L';'>(i); K('(M)'aclc(M] l*an-ot. S4 (417); Lau<ili- 



inii' Ivin.u'tislier: (i:! (liUp; Weh-ome Swallow. (;44 (o'.loi; T^iiry 



and Ti-ee Mail in. 1 ,7l'l! ll!.!tll»); liiowii Flycatcher (.hud^y 



Winicn. iTi (i':!7i: Willie Wagtail. 177 i;'.17i; Whit-e-fi-(»nled 



Char. .VIA i I»i' i : .Magpie Lark, 17!) i7(;r)i; Noisy Miner, L's:! 



i7!».".i; Cj-ound Lark il'ipit). 411) ( I'S.") i ; Crow. 1.12S (ICS); 



.NFaiipie, !)L'0 (r)(ir)i. (^apiain Whii<'. Mr. J. ^^■. Mtdlor, and the 



Chaii-inan ihaukiMJ !*r(d'essoi- Cleland for the leidureand ]H>inl('d 



oui tin- lii-eal anionni of detail reipiired to compile the iij^nres 



(pioted. and hoped that the address would he printed in exfcitso. 



Order Psittaciformes, Family Cacatoidx, 

 Genus Psephotus 



rsrji/iol IIS hiirniii loiidl lis I Ked-hacked or Crass l*ai-ro|). 

 lly S. A. White. C.M.Ii.O.F.. C.F.A.O.F. 



There seems lo ha\e been no attempt to split this bird into 

 sub-s|!ecies, and as Far as the writer can see (hei-e is little or 

 ao \aria t ion ex'en in I he shade of cobairs bet ween llie NewSoutli 

 Wales. X'ictoriau, and South .Vuslralian birds. 



The lied riimped (Jrass Farroi was once a very common 

 bird at the [{eeilbeds an<l they nested in Ihe lar^e jiuins on the 

 river bank wiiliin a \ery fi'W yai-ds of tlu' house. This was in 

 th:' days (d' iii\ boyhood. Suddenly ihe bii-ds bei>an to diminish 

 and many died of a skin disease wliicli caused their feathers 

 to drop oiii. ;iiid ol'len almost iiake<l li\'e birds were to bi> 

 seen lui the ui(mnd. There is little doubt that ihis state of 

 alfairs was brcaiiiht about by the iiii|ioi-ted Starlini; iSliiriii.s 

 riih/d ri.s \ . these ]iests ha\inii' taken the nesiinit hollows in 

 ihe irees and lea\'iu,ii' Iheiii in a lilth\- stale. I believe the 

 Crass Parrots June returned to the district (d" liOfkleys, Init 

 ihev have not been seen foi- iiianv vears at the lieedbedsj, 



