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Cheeks, shoulders rich metallic-blue; crown, hind-neck, 

 upper, flanks bright olive-green; bright patch chestnut- 

 red at insertion of wing; under rich-yellow, tail green 

 tipped yellow; f., sim. Seeds. 

 212 Scarlet-chested Grass-Parrot (Orange-throated, Splen- 

 did), IV. splendida, N.S.W., V., S., W.A. v.r. scrub 8 

 Head, neck beautiful deep-t'ue; shoulder blue; breast 

 scarlet: abdomen light-yellow; upper green; f., duller, 

 breast green. Seeds. 

 1 213*Swift Parrot (Red-shouldered), Swift-flying Lorikeet 

 L (e), Euphema discolor, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., T. 



Mig. r. flowering eucalypts 9.5 



Green; forehead, throat, tip-shoulder, base tail above 



below, under-wing red; crown, edge wing blue; f., 



smaller, duller. Honey. 



1 214*Warbling Grass-Parrot (Shell-, Canary-, Zebra-), Bet- 



1 cherrygah, Budgerigar, Love-Bird (Plight-), Helop- 



sittacus undulatus, A. (int.). Mig. flocks c. timber 7.5 

 Head, throat yellow; under, rump green; upper green 

 finely barred black; several dark spots on throat; f., 

 smaller. Grass-seeds. 



1 215 Ground Parrot (Swamp), Pezoporus terrestris, V., 



2 S.A. W.A., T., Bass St. Is. v.r. u. sandy, swampy 13 

 Green uniformly barred black yellow; forehead scarlet; tail 



long; never perches; f., sim. Seeds. 

 1 216 Night Parrot (Spinifex), Western Ground Parrakeet, 

 1 Geopslttacus occidentalis, V., S.A., C.A., W.A., 



N.W.A. v.r. u. swampy 10 



Like 215, but forehead not red; under base short tail yellow. 

 F. 77. Stringopidae, Owl-Parrot, 2 sp. A. (N.Z.). 



