THE ORANGE-FRONTED PARRAKEET 151 



The Yellow-fronted Parrakeet. — Kakariki. * 



CyauorJiODipJi us auriceps. 



Bright green with blue ou the wings. Forehead, crimson; top of the 

 head yellowish orange. Length of the wing, 4.5 in.; of the tarsus, 0.75 in. 

 Egg — White; length, 0.9 in. Both Islands and the Auckland Islands. 



The yellow-fronted parrakeet is a specially beautiful bird, and 

 it has a merry note. It rears its young in a hollow tree or branch, 

 and the nest is sometimes placed between the wood and the 

 dissevered bark of a decaying tree, but more often at the bottom 

 of a deep hole. The eggs are somewhat oval in shape. 



The Chatham Island Parrakeet. 



CyanorhampJtus forhcsi. 



Similar to C. auriceps, but larger, and with the crimson band in 

 front of the yellow crown much narrower. The crimson band does not 

 reach the eye. Chatham Islands. 



The Orange-fronted Parrakeet. 



Cyanorliamplius malherhei. 



Bright green with blue on the wings. Forehead, orange; the crown, 

 pale yellow. Length of the wing, 4.1 in.; of the tarsus, 0.66 in. Egg — 

 JSTot known. South Island and Little Barrier Island. 



Family Stringoindce. 



Bill, thick, swollen on the sides, not notched, under side of the 

 hook with a file-like surface; the lower mandible grooved. Base 

 of the bill covered with feathers, the shafts of which are 

 prolonged into hairs. Wings short and rounded, the fourth and 

 fifth quills the longest. Tail short and rounded, the end of each 

 feather pointed. Tarsi rather long and strong. New Zealand 

 only. 



Genus Strmgops. 



The same characters as the family. 



* Archdeacon Williams gives the Maori nauie of this bird as " Powbaitere." 



