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AN AUSTRALIAN BIftD BOOK. 
ORDER XVII. — PSITTAOIFORMES. 
F. 72. Nestoridae, Nestor, Kaka, Kea, 4 sp. A. (N.Z.). 
F. 73. LORIIDAE (9), BRUSH-TONGUED PARROTS, 
LORIES, LORIKEETS, 87 sp. A. 
3 184*BIue Mountain Lorikeet (-Parrot), Rainbow Lory, 
16 Blue - bellied (Swainson) Lorikeet, Trichoglossus 
novae-hollandiae, N.A., E.A., S.A., T. 
Nom. flocks c. eucalypts 14 
Head, throat, abdomen blue; chest blood-red tinged yel- 
low; back green; bill blood-red; f., sim. Honey. 
Screech. 
contains many birds that are unknown elsewhere. In addition, 
there are some groups which are found in other continents, but 
which reach their highest development here. Conspicuous 
amongst these are Parrots and Cockatoos. Australians are so 
accustomed to see these beautiful birds on every country road, 
and in cages outside their houses, that they do not appreciate 
their beauty or their interest, for ''familiarity breeds contempt," 
even with bird life. 
When one reflects that no figure of a Parrot is found in ancient 
Egyptian art, and that no Parrot is mentioned in the Bible, then 
one begins to understand the interest of Europeans in these 
"spoilt children" of the animal world, the "monkeys of the bird 
world," and "the cream of the Australian avifauna." 
Their tameness, their affection, their entertaining habits, and 
