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PSITTACID*. 



four in number, white, and measure as follows : — length (A) 

 0-88 X 0-75 inch ; (B) 0-9 x 0-78 inch ; (0) 0-84 x 0-73 inch ; (D) 

 0-88 X 0-75 inch. 



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

 (Ramtay^ 



■■'> PSEPHOTUS H^MATONOTUS, Gould. 



Eed-rumped Parrakeet. 

 Gould, Handhk. Bds. Aust, Vol. i., sp. 431, p. 69. 



The Red-rumped Parrakeet is dispersed throughout New South 

 Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, it is chiefly found in the 

 belts of trees skirting the margins of rivers and creeks. This 

 bird lays its eggs, which are white, upon the dry dust in a hole or 

 spout usually of a Casuarina or Eucalyptus. A set of eggs taken by 

 Mr. John Ramsay on the 2nd of September 1868, at Cardington on 

 the Bell River, New South Wales, are four in number, varying 

 in form from round to oval, and measure as follows : — length (A) 

 0-82 X 0-82 inch, rounded ; (B) 0-95 x 0-8 inch ; (C) 0-92 x 078 

 inch ; (b) 0-95 x 0-78 inch. 



This species breeds during the months of September, October, 

 and November, and is still found in great numbers on the Bell 

 and Macquarie Rivers. 



Hah. Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and 

 Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria 

 and South Australia, fitamsay.') 



Genus EUPHEMA, WagUr. 



5" EUPHEMA VENUSTA, Temminoh. 



(E. clvrysostoma, Kuhl.) 

 BlTie-banded Grass-Parrakeet. 

 Gould, HoMdhh. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 432, p. 71. 



This beautiful species is found breeding in the hollow branches 

 of the Eucaljrptus and other trees ; an average specimen of the eggs 



