368 PSITTACIDa!. 



This species breeds during the months of September, October, 

 and November. 



Hah. Rockingham Bay, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, 

 New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. (Ramsay.) 



k-f PLATYCEROUS FLAVIVENTRIS, ^emmwcA. 



Yellow-bellied Parrakeet. 

 OouU, Handhk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 417, p. 48. 



The Yellow-bellied Parrakeet is found throughout Tasmania, 

 and the adjacent islands in Bass's Straits, where it deposits its 

 eggs, six or seven in number, on the decaying wood in the hole of 

 a gum tree. Eggs white, oval, length (A) 1-2 xO-91 inch; (B) 

 1-17 X 0-92 inch ; (0) 1-23 x 0-96 inch. 



The breeding season lasts from September until January. 



■ Hoi).' Victoria and South Australia, Tasmania.' (^Ramsay ) 



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i-*^ PLATYCEROUS PALLIDICEPS, Vigors. 



Pale-headed Parrakeet. 

 Gould, Handhh. Bds. Aust, Vol. i., sp., 419, p. 51. 



" The eggs of the Moreton Bay Rosella are from three to five 

 in number, white, rounded or oblong-oval in shape ; length 1 inch 

 X 0'88 inch to 1-06 x 0-9 inch, they are laid in the hollow bougjis 

 of trees during the months of August to December." (Ramsay, 

 P.L.S., N.S.W., Vol. vii., p. 53.) 



Hob. Port Denison, Dawson River, Wide Bay District, New 

 South Wales, Interior. (Ramsay.) 



„. ^~f PLATYCEROUS EXIMIUS, Shaw. 



Bose-bm Parrakeet. 

 Oould, Handlh. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 422, p. 55. 



This bird is found breeding plentifully in New South Wales 

 and Victoria ; it lays its eggs which are five to seven in number 



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