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531. X. Spleildida, Gld. (Euphema splendida), Scarlet-chested Grass- 



Parrakeet. 

 Male. — Face and ear coverts deep indigo-blue ; all upper surface 

 grass-green ; breast rich scarlet. 



Female. — Throat and breast yellowish-green. 



Hab. : 6, 7, 9. 



Genus — NANODES. — Tail feathers narrow and acuminate. 



532. X. discolor. Shaw (Lathamus discolor), Swift Lorikeet. 



General colour green ; forehead and chin red, with yellow spot 

 at gape ; crown of head deep blue or greenish-blue ; tips of shoulders 

 and under tail coverts deep red, 

 Hab. : 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 



GENU.S— MELOPSITTACUS.— Tail feathers acuminate. 



533. M. lllldlllatllS, Shaw, Warbling Grass -Parrakeet. 



General colour straw-yellow to grass-green, with black cross 

 bands ; on the cheeks an oblique band of rich blue, below which 

 are three black circular spots, sometimes two. 

 Hcib. : 1, 6, 7, 9. 



Genus — PEZOPORUS. — Tail long, longer than wing; nails long and 



straight. 



534. P. foriUOSUS. Lath., Ground Parrakeet. 



Adult Male. ^Entirely dark grass-green; all feathers of lower 

 breast, abdomen, and tail barred in centre alternately with yellow 

 and black ; back of head and neck green, streaked with black ; 

 touch of orange on forehead. 



Total length, 12 5 in. ; wing, 5 "25 in. ; tail, 7 '75 in. 



Young wants orange band on forehead. 



Hab. : 3, 4, 5, 6, 9. ' 



Genus— GEOPSITTACUS.— Tail shorter than wing ; nails short and 



curved. 



535. 4i. oreideiltaliS, Gld., Night Parrakeet. 



Upper parts olive-green ; head and nape have black in middle of 

 each feather ; feathers of upper back black, with yellow spot in 

 middle : upper tail coverts and breast with black spots and irregular 

 bands ; abdomen and under tail coverts sulphur-yellow. 

 Hab. : 6, 7, 9. 



ORBER— coi.n]MEB.a:. 



Rostrum swollen at the tip, convex ; its basal portion has a soft skin, in 

 which lie the nostrils, with a valve over them, The tarsi are 

 covered fore and rear with hexagonal scales. Palate schizognathous. 

 Nostrils schizorhinal. 



Sub-order — Coluxnbae. 



Basipterygoid processes present, and placed medially, 



FAMILY— TRERONID^. 



Tail with fourteen feathers. Tarsus feathered more than half its length. 

 Soles very broad, each toe with skin expanded on the sides. 



Sub-family — PTiLOPODiNiE. 

 Bill thin and short. Size small (less than C. livia). 



