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(e) Belaringar, N.S.W., 14th April, 1915. 



(E.W.F.) Grit; whitish fragments, probably portions of broken seeds; 

 a few small dark reddish-brown seeds. 



Platycercus elegans. (M. 334; H. 498.) Pennant's -Parrakeet. 



(a) Milson Island, Hawkesbury River. 



About eighteen large white seeds ; several small white seeds. 

 (J.H.M.) Young fruits, the exocarp corroded, of Persoonia sp. (fam. 

 Proteacece). 



(b) Wagga, July, 1914. 



Dark blackish material, ? olive pulp; several small brown warty seeds; 

 some larger oval seeds (? grain). 



(c) Wagga, July, 1914. 



Chiefly blackish material, ? olive pulp. 



(d) Slopes of Mount Kosciusko, 13th December, 1910. 



The crop contained a large number of whitish insect-larvae. 



(W.W.F.) The larvae appear to be those of some beetle. They are 



legless and many seem to have been attacked by a fungus or 



other matter. 



(e) Mt. Irvine, N.S.W., 5th June, 1915. 



(E.W.F.) Crop contents Numerous dark brown angulate seeds ; also 

 whitish seeds. Stomach contents Comminuted fragments of seeds. 

 (J.H.M.) The seeds are : Eucalyptus sp. ; white seeds not identified. 

 Platycercus adelaidw. (M. 336 ; H. 500.) Adelaide Parrakeet. 

 Mount Lofty Range, South Australia, May, 1911. 

 Seeds not identifiable. 



Platycercus flaveolus. (M. 337; H. 501.) Yellow-rumped Parrakeet. 



(a) Near Morgan, South Australia, 29th November, 1913. 

 Elongate, narrow, brown bodies ? seeds. 



(b) Near Morgan, South Australia, 29th November, 1913. 

 Similar contents to (a). 



(c) Near Morgan, South Australia, 29th November, 1913. 



Similar contents to (a) ; small oblong seeds, bluntly pointed at one end. 



Platycercus flaviventris. (M. 338; H. 502.) Yellow-bellied Parrakeet. 



(a) Flinders Island, Bass Straits, 25th November, 1912. ' 



Crop packed with small round greyish-yellow seeds, some reddish; 

 also minute seeds. 



(b) Flinders Island, 27th November, 1912. 

 Crop full of narrow elongated seeds. 

 (J.H.M.) Not seeds, ? entomological. 



Platycercus pallidiceps. (M. 339; H. 503.) Pale-headed Parrakeet. 

 Queensland. 



Small, whitish and brownish seeds. 



(E.M.) Two pieces of quartz and many pieces of black mineral matter 

 present. The rest of the specimen consists of the grain of some 

 grass, but only an odd glume or two can be found and the species 

 cannot be identified. There are many of the free grains present. 



Platycercus eximius. (M. 343; H. 506.) Rosella. 

 (a) Wagga, N.S.W., July, 1914. 

 Seeds Small, yellow, and greenish, ? grass seeds. 

 (J.H.M.) Capsella bursa-pastoris, Moanch. 



