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531. N. Splendida, Gld. (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. If. 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. imdlllatllS, 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. formOSUS. 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. G. 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. 



OiRDER, COLTT1YIB7E. 



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 TRERONIDJE. 



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). 



