I06 Macgillivray, Description of New Parrot: [isf"oct 



than the back. Under tail coverts yellowish-green, margined with 

 brighter green, under surface of rectrices yellowish-green. Under 

 wing coverts bright blue, outer webs of primaries bright green, the 

 first being only margined with green, the shafts and inner webs 

 brown. 



Mr. M'Lennan's field notes on the soft parts are : — 



"Testes slightly enlarged. Irides, outer circle silvery cream, 

 inner circle greenish ; skin round the eye pale olive, eyelid darker ; 

 upper mandible crimson, merging into orange-yellow at the tip ; 

 lower mandible dark brown ; skin round nostrils olive-green ; 

 throat flesh colour ; tongue — upper surface whitish, under surface 

 blackish ; legs and feet olive-green, soles of feet paler, claws 

 brown Crop contents — three kinds of seeds; gizzard contents — 

 small grains of blackish gum and half-digested seeds. 



" Length in flesh, gl inches ; wing, 7|f inches ; wing outspread, 

 17I inches. 14th July, 1913." 



Female. — The whole of the head, neck, face, cheeks, and ear 

 coverts purplish-brown, the rest of the plumage similar to the 

 male. 



Field note (Mr. M'Lennan's) on soft parts : — 



" Ovary normal. Irides silvery cream, inner circle greenish, 

 skin round the eye pale olive, eyelids darker ; bill olive-brown, 

 nostrils olive-green ; throat flesh colour ; tongue — upper surface 

 whitish, under surface blackish ; legs and feet olive-green, soles 

 of feet paler, claws brown. Crop contents — small grains of blackish 

 gimi and half-digested yellow seeds and bean. 



" Length, 9 inches ; wing, 7| inches ; wing outspread, 18 inches. 

 20th July, 1913." 



Next Annual Session R.A.O.U, 



IMPORTANT NOTICE. 



Owing to the vaccination restrictions in Western Australia, the 

 visit to that State has been postponed, and instead the annual 

 session will take place in Adelaide during November. Members 

 will be informed as to precise date and programme by the usual 

 circular. 



The most important feature of the session will be the "working 

 excursion " on a River Murray steamer. Members will embark at 

 Murray Bridge and be landed at such stages along the river as are 

 best for bird-observing. There will be excursions into unexplored 

 Mallee, wading tramps through lagoons, inspection en route of the 

 famous Cockatoo cliffs, &c. 



