190 BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT OF GEELONG 
BLUE-BANDED GRASS PARRAKEET 
Neonanodes elegans elegans 
I FEEL a little diffident about recording this as a 
local species on the strength of my own observations ; 
there was, however, in the nineties, a Parrakeet of 
the genus Eufhema^ which was not uncommon on 
the plains between the You Yangs and the sea, where 
I often saw it, which I believe to have been this 
species, as it was certainly not the Orange-bellied 
Parrakeet. It was reported to me that a nest was 
taken near the You Yangs in a fallen log. I saw 
another of these birds on Avalon, April 29th, 191 2, 
in she-oak country, but could not get near enough to 
make sure of its identity. Mr. Mulder has several 
which he informs me were shot in the district, some 
on the Upper Barwon ; he says he has only seen this 
species in pairs or solitarily, while the Orange-bellied 
Parrakeet is more often seen in flocks. 
Upper surface olive-green, under surface yellow, 
with a conspicuous deep-blue band across the fore- 
head, is a short description of the bird's colouring. 
It might easily be mistaken for the last species, but 
the simplest thing is to remember that this species 
never is found south of the town, while, in my belief, 
the Orange-bellied Parrakeet is confined to the 
southern areas. 
