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(b) Juvenile. Pascoe River, 22nd July, 1913. 



Crop and gizzard contents 'Yellow grit; a few subtriangular seeds, 



yellowish- brown in colour. 

 (J.H.M.) Rosa rubiginosa, L. 



(c) Pascoe River, 24th July, 1913. 



Crop contents Brownish masses, probably of vegetable origin. Gizzard 

 contents Black and yellow grit. 



(d) Pascoe River, 4th August, 1913. 



Crop contents Ironstone pebbles. Gizzard contents Yellow grit. 



(e) Pascoe River, 4th August, 1913. 



Crop contents Ironstone pebbles. Gizzard contents Yellow grit. 



(f) Claudie River, 20th September, 1913. 



Crop contents Elongate pentahedral seeds and muddy debris. Stomach 



contents Red grit. (Esophagus A few seeds as in crop. 

 ,(g) Claudie River, 20th September, 1913. 



Crop contents As in (f). Stomach contents Reddish grit ; two 



reddish seeds. (Esophagus A few seeds in cardiac end. 

 Edectus macgillivrayi. 



(a) Claudie River, 14th September, 1913. 



Crop contents Seeds. Moderately large, smooth, greyish, kidney- 

 shaped seeds; smaller, somewhat irregularly shaped seed, reddish 

 or brown. 

 Stomach contents Grit; one small, somewhat irregularly shaped seed, 



reddish or brown. 

 (J.H.M.) Legume, sp.? 

 <b) Claudie River, 30th September, 1913. 



Stomach contents 'Masses of yellow, red, and black grit. (Esophagus 

 Vegetable material? ; several fairly large seeds, somewhat flattened. 



Glossopsittacus porphyrocephalus. (M. 308; H. 473.) Purple-crowned Lori- 

 keet. 



Mount Lofty Range, South Australia, May, 1910. 



Several stamens of Eucalyptus cosmophylla and masses of pollen of this 

 species, which was in bloom at the time. 



Cacatua galerita. (M. 320; H. 485.) White Cockatoo. 

 Nowra, 5th April, 1914. 



(a, b, c) Stomach contents of three birds contained numerous seeds and 



quartz pebbles, also fragments probably of vegetable origin. 

 -Seeds (1) Moderately large, light reddish- brown, elliptical with short 

 spine at apex ; (2) Small, brownish, elongate, irregularly three-sided 

 seeds ; (3) Small black fragments, possibly remains of seed capsules. 

 (J.H.M.) (1) Sorghum vulgare, Pers. 



Cacatua roseicapilla. (M. 324; H. 489.) Rose-breasted Cockatoo (Galah). 



(a) Yanco, 19th December, 1914. 



Stomach contents Grit ; fibrous material, probably vegetable ; two 

 small seeds (1) Small, angular, brownish ; (2) Flat, ovate, yellow. 



(b) Yanco, 19th December, 1914. 



Stomach contents Grit ; fibrous vegetable tissue. 



(c) Yanco, 19th December, 1914. 



Stomach contents Grit ; seeds (I) as in (a) ; (2) one larger round seed. 



(d) Yanco, 19th December, 1914. 

 Stomach contents Grit; grain of wheat. 



