76 BIRDS or AUSTRALIA. 



It may be a casual visitor to New South Wales and Swan 

 River, but I have not yet seen it in any collections from those 

 parts of Australia. 



Frontal band blue, margined before and behind with a very 

 faint line of greenish blue j crown of the head and all the 

 upper surface deep grass-green; shoulders, many of the 

 secondaries, and outer edges of the primaries deep indigo- 

 blue ; lores, cheeks, and breast yellowish green, passing into 

 greenish yellow on the abdomen and under tail-coverts, the cen- 

 tre of the abdomen being ornamented with a large spot of rich 

 orange ; two centre tail-feathers green ; the next on each side 

 blackish brown on the inner, and green on the outer webs ; 

 the remainder blackish brown on their inner and green on their 

 outer webs, and largely tipped with bright yellow; irides 

 very dark brown ; bill dark brown, becoming lighter on the 

 under side ; legs and feet dull brown. 



Total length 8^ inches ; wing 4 J ; tail 4 J ; tarsi -J. 



The female possesses the orange spot in common with the 

 male, although, in her case, it is neither so extensive nor so 

 brilliant. 



Sp. 435. EUPHEMA PETROPHTLA, Gould. 



Rock-Parrakeet. 



Euphema petrophila, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, part viii. p. 148. 

 Rock Parrakeet, Colonists of Swan River. 



Euphema petrophila, Gould, Birds of Australia, fol.,voL v. pi. 40. 



I have received specimens of this bird from Port Lincoln, 

 in South Australia, but its principal habitat appears to be the 

 western coast, where it occurs in great numbers on Rottnest 

 and other islands near Swan River : " Here," says Gilbert, 

 " it breeds in the holes of the most precipitous cliffs, choosing 

 in preference those facing the water and most difficult of 

 access ; and hence it requii'ed no slight degree of exertion to 



