THE FEOGMOUTHS 



Genus Geopsittacus. 



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The Night Parrakeet. 



Geopsittacus occidentalis. 



Victoria, South and Central Australia, West and North-west 

 Australia. 



Above olive-green; head and nape with black streak down the centre 

 of the feathers; feathers of upper back black with a yellow spot; throat 

 and breast yellowish-green, passing into sulphur yellow in the abdomen 

 and under tail-coverts. Total length 10 inches, wing 5.5, tail 5. 



Order Coeaciiformes. 



Hut-order Podargi. 



Family Podargida. 

 Gape very wide; palate desmognathous (as in Duck). 



Sub-family Podargince. 

 Nostrils a narrow slit near the base of bill, hidden by plumes 

 of feathers. 



Genus Podargus. 

 Tail quills pointed, the central pair much longest. 



Key to the Species. 



Tail more than 10 inches long. 



Mottled grey and brown above ; lower parts lighter, with 

 white spots. Female rustier. Total length 22 inches, 

 wing 12.1, tail 11, bill 1.4. New South Wales, 

 Queensland, New Guinea. The Plumed Frogmouth, P. papuensis. 



Tail redder, three semi-circular bars of conspicuous 

 large round white spots on the wing. Female 

 rustier. Queensland. The Marbled 



Frogmouth, P. marmoratus. 

 Tail less than 10 inches long. 



General plumage tawny. Total length 18 Yz inches, 

 tail 9.1, wing 11. Southern Australia and Tasmania. 



Tawny Frogmouth, P. strigoides. 



General plumage freckled. Wing less than 9 inches 

 long. Australia except Victoria and New South Wales. 



The Freckled Frogmouth, P. phaloanoides. 



General plumage freckled, smaller than P. strigoides, 

 but has a larger and longer bill, and also has 

 shorter wings. Total length 14.3 inches, wing 9.2, 

 tail 7.6, bill 1. P. brachypterus. 



