i82 BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT OF GEELONG 
of the shade, with graceful, undulating flight, sug- 
gesting that of the Graucalus ; they literally glistened 
in the sun, and it was only when I heard the melodious 
call (from which, surely, the native name, Quarrion, 
is taken ?) that I recognised what they were ; and 
now I cannot hear the note, even from a caged bird, 
but a picture rises up before me of tall, motionless 
box trees, the glare of northern sunlight, and great 
plains shimmering in the haze. 
Mr. Mulder once saw a flock near Birregurra, and 
he tells me that a Mr. Legge saw several on the road 
to Torquay, near Geelong. I myself have never 
met with the birds south of the Divide. It is an 
inland species, moving to Riverina and Northern 
Victoria to breed, but I should think very seldom 
coming so far south as Geelong. 
KING PARROT 
Alisterus cyanopygius neglectus 
I THINK this is the most handsome parrot we have. 
The male has head and all under parts scarlet, back 
green ; in the female the head is green, the throat and 
chest green tinged with red, rest of plumage chiefly 
green. 
At Christmas, 1902, Mr. C. T. Seeley and myself 
walked from Forrest to Apollo Bay, via Mount Sabine. 
On the long decline towards the sea King Parrots 
were constantly crossing the road in front of us, 
shooting across a deep gully like a stain of scarlet 
