1,'5S l'LArY<'i;iirlN,K. 



A set of four e^gs in Mr. Joseph Gabriel's collection are rounded ovals in form, white, the 

 shell being close-grained, smooth and slightly lustrous. They measure : — Length (A) i-i8 x o-yy 

 inches; (li) 1-23 x o-yS inches; (C) 1-23 x o-gj inches; (D) 1-2 x o-y5 mches. A set of 

 three eggs in Mr. d. A. Keartland's collecliun measure: — Length (A) 1-22 x 1-03 inches; (B) 

 1-3 X i-i inches; (C) 1-23 x ri inches. A set of four eggs in the collection of Mr. H. L. 

 White, of Belltrees, Scone, New South Wales, taken on the 12th November. lyoo, measures : — 

 Length (A) i-2S x ri inches; (B) 1-31 x 1-07 inches; (C) 1-27 x i-cS inches; (D) 1-33 x 

 1-05 inches. The latter specimen is somewhat pointed at the smaller end. 



\ oung birds are duller in colour, ha\e more green feathers on the upper wing-coverts, the 

 yellow band on the hind neck is narrower, the head is dark brown not black", the criinson-red 

 band on the forehead ill defined, and the tips of the feathers behind it dull green; all the under 

 surface duller than in the adult, and the band across the breast of a slightly more yellowish-green 

 than the abdomen and upper tail-coverts. 



Barnardius zonarius. 



BANDED PAlMiAKEET. 



Psilfariis -.iiiKirinf, Shaw, Nat. Miscl., pi. G57 liis. 



P!((/i/ceirit!i banrri, Gould, Bd.s. Au.str., fol. Vol. V., pi. ■-'0 (lb4N). ,. 



PIdtycercns ■.iiiinriiin, Gould, Handbk. Hils. Austr., Vol. Jl., p. 43 (180.5). 



Ilarnardius ■-oiiiiriut:, Sa.\vn,d., Cut. Bds. Brit. AIu.s., Vol. XX, p. r)60 (LS91): Sharpe, Hand-1. 

 Bds., Vol. If., p. .3S (lltOO) ; Salvad., 11. is, 11)07, p. :'.l.!. 



Adult M.M-K. — Li/i' Ihe w/ul/ mdlf uf HauSAKIUVS sH'SinxtiniU.VlVH, Iml miiallir ami a-ithunl the 

 criinndii-ri'il imnil mi /Jtn Jon/i<iu/, or occattioudll ij only n fi:iv .<cnltrred red fea/Jirra, f/c yelloip hatid on 

 the hind imck narroKwr, anil (lie iji'Kernl coJonr of ihi- jilmiiage above, fore-m ck, r/iesf, nbi/otmn and 

 under lailcun rfs of a bhiish-yrrrn. 7'o/al I'-nytli IJf inches, icing li '■>, /ail S, bill (I 'J, tnrsiix OS. 



AlJUL'r KKMALK. — ^iiiiiliir ill phniiai/e to the inole. but sliijluly smuller. 



Z)/.s7/'(:/)i(/((/« -South .Australia, Central Australia, Western .\ustralia. Northern Territory 

 of South .\ustralia. 



"T"(J^ AUEK'S, the " Port Lincoln," or Banded Parrakeet, the latter not a very distinguishing 

 I J appellation, as l^arnai'diiis sciiiitonjuiihis has also a yellow collar on the hind neck and 

 sometimes a yellow band on the bieast, is closely allied to this species. When compared with 

 it the bluish-green shade is more pronounced on the upper wing-coverts, bad;, rump and upper 

 tail-coverts. In a series of twelve adult specimens now before me, there are only a few scattered 

 red feathers at the bases of the foreheads of three of them, and on one of these a very small red 

 spot on one side of the forehead only. Some specimens ha\ e a tew bluish-green feathers on 

 the lower part of the yellow breast band. 



It is widely distributed, being found in South .Australia, Central .\ustralia, where it was 

 observed in many localities, and specimens obtained, by the Horn Scientific Expedition in 1894, 

 the Northern Territory of South .\ustralia, and in Western .\ustralia. In the .\ustralian 

 Museum Collection specimens obtained by Mr. George Masters, at Port Lincoln, South Australia, 

 in September, 1S65, are of a slightly darker bluish-green than others procured by Mr. George 

 Sharp at Boulder City, W^estern .\ustralia, in June, 1901. Mr. C. G. Gibson has found it 

 breeding in the latter State as far north as Mount Ida. in the ICast Murchisou District. 



Mr. G. A. Keartland of Melbourne sends me the following notes: -"The habitat of l^(;;';;(7;'<//»5 

 zonarius embraces nearly the whole of the western half of the continent. They are found from 

 South Australia proper to Tennant's Creek in the Northern Territory, and throughout the 



