THE ALEXANDRA PAEEAKEET 



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This is one of the most graceful and delicately coloured of 

 Australian Parrots, although found in the dry, dreary districts 



Australian Museum. 

 Green Leek Parrakeet : Polytelis barrahandi. 



of the interior, and is comparatively rare. When resting on the 

 thick branch of a tree, they often crouch lengthways on the 

 bough, making them verv difficult to detect. 



