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3 185*Musk Lorikeet, Green Keet, Green Leek (e), Glossop- 
5 sittacus concinnus, E.A., S.A., T. 
Nom. v.c. flowering eucalypts 8.5 
Green; forehead, behind ear red; bill black tipped red; f., 
Sim. Honey, Screech. 
186 Purple-crowned liorils.eet, G.porphyrocephalus, N.S.W. 
v., S.A., W.A. 
Nom. flocks with 185. r. eucalypts 6.5 
Green; forehead red, yellow; behind ear fainter red, yel- 
low; crown purple; behind head yellowish-green; 
shoulder light-blue; under wing crimson; under 
greenish-gray; flanks, under-tail golden-green; bill 
black; f., sim. Honey. Screech. 
187 Little Lorikeet. Jerryang, G. pusillus, E.A., S.A., T. 
Nom. flocks with 185. c. eucalypts 6.5 
Green; face deep-red; hind-neck brown; wings black f. 
edged green; tail feathers grass-green, inner webs red A 
at base, yellowish at tip; f., smaller. Honey Screech. 
F. 74. CYCLOPSITTACIDAE (2), Fig-Parrots, 23 sp.TT"" 
F. 75. CACATUIDAE (17), COCKATOOS, 29 sp.— 28 (28) A., 
1(1)0. (Philippine Is.). 
7 188- Black Cockatoo, Funereal Black Cockatoo, Calyptor- 
7 hynchus funereus, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., T., 
King Is. Small flocks, r. timber 26 
Black; ear-patch, under tail yellow; f., sim. Wood-boring 
larvae. Seeds. "Wy-la." 
their remarkable powers of speech, all help to render Parrots the 
favorites amongst birds. The brilliance of their plumage, their 
intelligence, and their longevity excite wonder, for Parrots have 
been known to live 100 years in captivity. Presumably, they 
would live even longer in a state of nature. Humboldt recorded, 
as quoted in Newton's "Dictionary of Birds," ''that in South 
America he met with a venerable bird, which remained the sole 
possessor of a literally dead language, the whole tribe of Indians, 
Atures by name, who spoke it, having become extinct." 
Australians will perhaps be surprised to learn that there are 
no Parrots or Cockatoos in Europe, and none in Asia, excepting 
India, none in Africa north of the Tropic of Cancer, and only two 
in North America, and that one of these is rapidly becoming 
extinct, and that Africa and India are poor in Parrots. Thus 
South America and Australasia alone are left as the lands that 
contain these interesting birds in any number. While South 
America contains the largest Parrots — the Macaws — all the South 
American species belong to one family. In the Australian region 
six families of Parrots are represented. Four of them are con- 
fined to the region, while but one species of the fifth family 
(Cockatoos) is found outside the region. 
The Brush-tongued Parrots, or ''Lorikeets," are a purely Aus- 
tralian family. Some of these are very common at times In 
flo-^ering eucalypts, even in the public gardens and streets. The 
