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523. P, multicolor, Temm., Many-coloured Parrakeet. 



Rump green, with pale green cross band ; frontal band bright 

 yellow. General colour deep grass-green. Humeral feathers vary 

 between red and yellow. 

 Hab. ; 6, 7, 9. 



524. P. haematonotUS, Old., Red-backed Parrakeet (Red-rumped 



Parrakeet). 



Abdomen yellow ; rump red. 

 Hab. : 3, 6, 7. 



GENUS NEOPHEMA (Salvadori). Four centre tail feathers about equal. 



525. N. veilllSta, Temm. (Euphema venusta), Blue-banded Grass- 



Parrakeet. 



Conspicuous band of indigo-blue across forehead, not reaching 

 behind eyes ; lores and stripe behind eye yellow ; shoulder and 

 wing coverts deep blue ; crown of head, back, rump, upper tail 

 coverts, throat, chest, and flanks olive-green. 

 Hab. : 4, 5. 



526. If. pulchella, Shaw (Euphema pulchella), Red-shouldered Grass- 



Parrakeet. 



Forehead, stripe over eye, cheeks, shoulders, and lesser wing 

 coverts rich metallic greenish-blue ; a bright spot of chestnut-red at 

 insertion of wings ; chest and centre of abdomen rich yellow. 



Adult female has wings duller than in male, and with no red- 

 chestnut spot on inner upper wing coverts ; throat and breast 

 yellowish-green. 



Young Male. Throat and breast yellowish-green ; only a trace of 

 red spot on inner upper wing coverts. 

 Hab. : 3, 6, 7. 



527. If. elcgailS, Swainson (Euphema elegans), Grass- Parrakeet. 



Band of deep indigo-blue across forehead, bordered above by a 

 narrow edging of light blue, which is continued over eye ; lores 

 yellow ; abdomen and undeV tail coverts bright yellow (in some an 

 orange spot in middle of abdomen) ; upper wing coverts next 

 scapularies olive-green ; the outer ones deep blue ; between olive- 

 green and deep blue ones there is a row of wing coverts verdigris- 

 green. 



Hab. : 3, 6, 7, 9. 



528. N. petrophila, Gld. (Euphema petrophila), Rock Parrakeet. 



Frontal band deep indigo-blue ; no yellow lores ; all upper surface 

 yellowish olive-green ; under surface yellow. 

 Hab. : 9. 



529. If. bourkei, Mitchell (Euphema bourkei), Bourke Grass-Parrakeet 



All upper surface dark olive-brown ; band across forehead, 

 shoulders above and beneath, secondaries, and base of primaries 

 deep blue. 



Female has no blue frontal band. 

 Hab. : 6, 7. 



530. If. ChrySOgastra, Lath. (Euphema chrysogaster), Orange-bellied 



Grass-Parrakeet. 



Crown of head and upper surface deep grass-green ; frontal band 

 blue ; lores, cheeks, and breast yellowish-green ; shoulders, some of 

 secondaries, and outer edge of primaries deep indigo-blue ; abdomen 

 and under tail coverts greenish -yellow, the centre of abdomen having 

 large orange spot. 



In female the orange spot is smaller and duller. 

 Hab. : 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 



