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was inside the snake. The tree, a Moreton Bay asli. was 2 feet 6 

 inches in diameter, and the hollow about 30 feet from the ground." 



This bird, unUke its southern variation, does not feed on the 

 ground, and is never seen in flocks. 



Cacatua sanguinea. Blood-stained Cockatoo. — This Cockatoo, 

 which is generally regarded now as synonymous with C. gymnopis, 

 is a common bird in the Gulf country, and was noted frequently on 

 the Cloncurry, Leichhardt, and Gregory Rivers. Several nesting- 

 hollows were examined in February and March, iQio, containing 

 either eggs or young birds. At Sedan, on the Cloncurry, each nest 

 contained either two eggs or young. 



At Normanton these birds were seen in large flocks in the winter. 



Cacatua roseicapilla. Rose-breasted Cockatoo (Galah). — Common 

 throughout the Gulf country, nests being found in February, March, 

 and April. 



Calopsitta novae-hollandiae. Cockatoo-Parrot. — Noted in February 



and March on the Cloncurry River. On the Leichhardt River, in 



June, they were very numerous, large flocks coming to water in 

 company with Melopsittacus undulatus. 



Ptistes erythropterus. Red-winged Parrot.— Many of these birds 

 seen on the Cloncurry and Leichhardt Rivers, and also at Cape York. 



Platycercus cyanogenys. Blue-cheeked Parrot. — Mr. M'Lennan made 

 his first acquaintance with this species at Lockerbie, Cape York, when 

 in company with Mr. Barnard, in January, 191 1. He afterwards 

 found them to be more plentiful on the Jardine River, where several 

 specimens were obtained. One nest, found in May, contained newly- 

 hatched young birds. From anatomical appearances of specimens 

 obtained in March, this would be the usual nesting season for this 

 bird. Like the other broad-tail Parrakeets, it is a seed-eater, and its 

 habits are much the same as those of the more southern members of 

 the genus. The colouring of the soft parts is as follows : — Irides 

 brown, bill bluish-white, legs dark grey. 



Platycercus browni. Sooty Parrot. — When at Burketown, on the 

 Gulf of Carpentaria, Mr. M'Lennan examined a pair of caged Parrakeets 

 which answered in general to this species, but differed in having a 

 broad red band across the chest. They were young birds, and the 

 owner affirmed that in the adult birds the band was much 

 brighter. They came from the Northern Territory, Queensland 

 border. 



Barnardius macgillivrayi. Cloncurry Parrot. — This species, well 

 named the Cloncurry Parrot, ranges to the south and west of that 

 town, being numerous on the Diamantina River, getting fewer in 

 numbers to the north of Cloncurry. Going down the river, it was 

 not found after 36 miles had been covered. It was noted on Corella 

 Creek, about 28 miles west of Cloncurry, and again on the Leich- 

 hardt. Caloola Station being its northern limit on that river. It was 

 not met with on the lower part of the Gregory, but would probably 

 be found on the head waters of this fine perennial stream. The 

 manager of Caloola Station, Mr. Macpherson, who had one of these 

 birds in a cage, told Mr. M'Lennan that he obtained it on the 

 Diamantina seven years previously. 



Irides dark reddish-brown, bill bluish-white, legs lead colour. The 

 crop usually contained grass-seed, and the gizzard grass-seed and 



