226 THE BIKDS OF AUSTRALIA 



Genus Neophema. 

 Grass Parrakeets. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Upper surface brown; abdomen rosy; under tail- 



coverts light blue. The Bourke 



G-rass-Parrakeet. N, bourkei. 



B. Upper surface green ; abdomen and under tail-coverts 



yellow. 



a. Frontal band blue. 



X. Lores greenish, yellow, abdomen yellow. 



1. No orange spot on abdomen. 



Frontal blue band not reaching beyond 

 the eyes. All the upper wing-coverts 

 deep blue. Female like male. The Blue-winged 



Grass-Parrakeet, N. venusta. 



Frontal blue band continued over and 

 behind the eyes. Outer upper wing- 

 coverts blue, inner olive-green like 

 the back; between the blue outer 

 and olive inner is a row of blue-green 

 (verditer) coverts. Female duller and 

 smaller. The Grass-Parrakeet, 



N. elegans. 



2. An orange spot on the abdomen, brighter 



in the male. 

 Upper wing-coverts, inner green, outer 



blue. The Orange-bellied Grass-Parrakeet 



N. chrysogaster. 

 y. Lores and circle round the eyes verditer-blue. 



The Kock Parrakeet, N. petrophila. 



b. Face blue. 



Chest yellow, a chestnut-red spot on the inner 

 upper wing-coverts. Female duller, with the 

 lores yellowish, and without the chestnut 

 spot. The Red-shouldered 



Grass-Parrakeet, N. pulchella. 

 Chest scarlet, no chestnut spot on the wing-coverts. 

 Wing coverts blue. Female paler and duller, 



chest olive-green, and lores bluish. The Scarlet-throated 



Grass-Parrakeet, N. splendida. 



Genus Eiiphema. 



The Swift Lorikeet. 



Euphema discolor. 



South Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, and 

 Tasmania. 



General colour green; forehead and chin red, with yellow spot at 

 gape; crown of head deep greenish blue; tips of shoulders and under tail- 

 coverts deep red. Egg, .96 x .83 inch. 



