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14 185*Musk Lorikeet, Green Keet, Green Leek (e), Glossop- 

 5 sittacus concinnus, E.A., S.A., T. 



Nom. v.c. flowering eucalypts 8.5 

 Green; forehead, behind ear red; bill black tipped red; f., 



sim. Honey, Screech. 

 186 Purple-crowned Lorikeet, G.porphyrocephalus, N.S.W. 

 V., S.A., W.A. 



Nom. flocks with 185. r. eucalypts G.5 

 Green; forehead red, yellow; behind ear fainter red, yel- 

 low; crown purple; behind head yellowish-green; 

 shoulder light-blue; under wing crimson; under 

 greenish-gray; flanks, under-tail golden-green; bill 

 black; f., sim. Honey. Screech. 

 187 Little Lorikeet. Jerryang, G. pusillus, E. A., S.A., T. 



Nom. flocks with 185. c. eucalypts 6.5 



Green; face deep-red; hind-neck brown; wings black 



edged green; tail feathers grass-green, inner webs red 



at base, yellowish at tip; f., smaller. Honey. Screech. 



F. 74. CYCLOPSITTACIDAE (2), Fig-Parrots, 23 sp. A. 



F. 75. CACATUIDAE (17), COCKATOOS, 29 sp.— 28 (28) A., 



1(1)0. (Philippine Is.). 

 7 188 Black Cockatoo, Funereal Black Cockatoo, Galyptor- 

 7 hynchus funereus, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., T., 



King Is. Small flocks, r. timber 26 



Black; ear-patch, under tail yellow; f., sim. Wood-boring 

 larvae. Seeds. "Wy-la." 



their remarkable powers of speech, all help to render Parrots the 

 favorites amongst birds. The brilliance of their plumage, their 

 intelligence, and their longevity excite wonder, for Parrots have 

 been known to live 100 years in captivity. Presumably, they 

 would live even longer in a state of nature. Humboldt recorded, 

 as quoted in Newton's "Dictionary of Birds," "that in South 

 America he met with a venerable bird, which remained the sole 

 possessor of a literally dead language, the whole tribe of Indians, 

 Atures by name, who spoke it, having become extinct." 



Australians will perhaps be surprised to learn that there are 

 no Parrots or Cockatoos in Europe, and none in Asia, excepting 

 India, none in Africa north of the Tropic of Cancer, and only two 

 in North America, and that one of these is rapidly becoming 

 extinct, and that Africa and India are poor in Parrots. Thus 

 South America and Australasia alone are left as the lands that 

 contain these interesting birds in any number. While South 

 America contains the largest Parrots — the Macaws — all the South 

 American species belong to one family. In the Australian region 

 six families of Parrots are represented. Four of them are con- 

 fined to the region, while but one species of the fifth family 

 (Cockatoos) is found outside the region. 



The Brush-tongued Parrots, or "Lorikeets," are a purely Aus- 

 tralian family. Some of these are very common at times in 

 flowering eucalypts, even in the public gardens and streets. The 



