tSEPHOTUS. 26l 



of the shell very fine, but lustreless. Length (A) 0-93 x 0-77 inch; 

 (B) 0-87 X 0-79 inch ; (C) 0-94 x 0-8 inch. (Dobr. Mus. Coll.) 



Hah. New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South Australia, 

 West and South-West Australia. [Ramsay.) 



3-* PSEPHOTUS PULCHERRIMUS, ffowZt?. 



Beautiful Parrakeet. 

 Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 429, p. 67. 



The Beautiful Parrakeet is found breeding in the neighbourhood 

 of Maryborough, Queensland, in the hollow branches of trees ; 

 occasionally it resorts to a deserted burrow of Da^elo leachii, or of 

 Halcyon macleayi in the nests of the Termites. Eggs white and 

 three or four in number ; a set taken in September 1883 measure 

 as follows ;— length (A) 0-88 x 073 inch j (B) 0-86 x 0-71 inch ; 

 (C) 0-9 X 0-74 inch. 



Specimens from the Dawson River, taken by Mr. Geo. Barnard, 

 measure as follows :— (A) 0-86 x 0-71 inch ; (B) 0-87 x 0-7 inch ; 

 (C) 0-87 X 0-71 inch. 



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

 South Wales. {Ramsay.) 



1 PSEPHOTrS MULTICOLOR, Temminck. 



Many-coloured Parrakeet. 

 Gould, Handhk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 430, p. 68. 



This bird is plentifully dispersed throughout the open forest 

 country of the interior of New South Wales and South Australia, 

 which may be considered the stronghold of this species. It breeds 

 like most of the other members of the genus, during the months 

 of August, September, and October, in the hollow trunk or branch 

 of a tree, usually of a Eucalyptus or Casuarina. A set of eggs 

 taken by Mr. K. H. Bennett, on the 24th August 1884, are 



