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AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD BOOK. 
189 Banksian Cockatoo, Banksian Black Cockatoo, C. 
hanksi, E.A., S.A. r. timher 24 
Glossy greenish-black; vermilion-red band on tail; f., yellow 
side of head, neck. Caterpillars, seeds. 
Blue Mountain Parrot, very common at times, is a giant of the 
family. It has been described as a **noble bird, gorgeously 
apparelled." Its vernacular name of Blue-bellied Lorikeet has 
been altered to Blue Mountain Lorikeet. We found these birds 
nesting in the big sugar-gums bordering Warunda Creek, Eyre 
Peninsula. They keenly and noisily resented our curiosity, and 
screeched much as we tried to discover them amongst the green 
foliage. Though so gaudy, they were picked out with difficulty. 
This bird was very troublesome in my garden at Bengworden, near 
the Gippsland Lakes, where, when the apples were about the size 
of marbles, they tore them to pieces to get the developing 
**plps." In common with the other members of the family, they 
have a swift, direct flight, and screech much when flying. The 
"Green Keets,** generally called "Green Leeks," which are so very 
numerous at times, are often accompanied by two other Lorikeets, 
the Little and Purple-crowned Lorikeets. These green birds 
hang, head down, among the eucalyptus leaves, and brush up the 
honey from the flowers with their brush tongue. They follow the 
flowering of the eucalypts from district to district, and since the 
eucalypts flower at irregular intervals, these birds are not so 
regular in their movements as Swifts, Snipe, Curlews, Cuckoos, 
