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531. N. splendida, Old. (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. 



GENUS MELOPSITTACUS. Tail feathers acuminate. 



533. M. Illld Ilia ( IIS, 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. 

 Hab. : 1, 6, 7, 9. 



GENUS PEZOPORUS. Tail long, longer than wing; nails long and 



straight. 



534. P. forillOSUS. 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, 775 in. 



Young wants orange band on forehead. 



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



GENUS GEOPSITTACUS. Tail shorter than wing; nails short and 



curved. 



535. r. OCCidentalis, 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. 



ORDER COX.TT1YEBJE. 



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 Columbae. 



Basipterygoid processes present, and placed medially. 



FAMILY TRERONLD^]. 



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

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



SUB-FAMILY PTILOPODIN.E. 

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



