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2 195 Long-billed Cockatoo, Corella, Licmetis naslca, N. 
2 Ter., N.S.W., V., S.A. Flocks r. ground 17 
White; under wing pale-yellow; under tail bright-yellow; 
forehead, face scarlet; neck, breast tinged scarlet; 
naked blue skin round eye; long bill, 1% in.; f., sim. 
Bulbous roots. 
1 196* Cockatoo-Parrot, Cockatiel, Quarrion, Calopsittacus 
1 novae-hollandiae, A. Mig. flocks, c. plains, timber 12 
Forehead, crest lemon-yellow; ear-patch rich reddish- 
orange in a patch yellow above white below; upper, •-^ 
under gray; white on wings, chest; f., face, crest dull ^ 
oTive-yellow; tail barred brown. Seeds. 
F. 76. PSITTACIDAE (47), PARROTS, Macaws, 483 sp.— 
144(144)A., 49(49)0., 42(42)E., 2(l)Nc., 
197(196)N1. 
2 197*Siiperb Parrot (Scarlet-breasted), Green Leek, Barra- 
2 band Parrakeet, PolyteUs harrahandi, S.Q., N.S.W., 
v., S.A. Stat. v.r. timber 16 
Green; forehead, cheeks, throat rich gamboge-yellow; cres- 
cent of scarlet next to yellow on chest; bill yellow; 
sometimes red on thigh; f., green tinged dull rose on 
chest; thigh red. Seeds. 
198*Black-tailed Parrot, Rock-Pebbler, Rock-Pebble, Smoker, 
P. melanura, N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A. (interior). 
Nom. v.r. Box flats, timber 16 
Head, neck, greenish-yellow; shoulders, under yellow; 
upper-back olive; wing-quills, tail iridescent black; 
some pink on wing; bill scarlet; f., duller. Seeds, honey. 
1 199*Kmg Parrot (Scarlet and Green, Spud), Blood Rosella, 
9 King Lory (e), Aprosmictus cyanopygius, E.A., S.A. 
Stat. c. forest 16 
*'Showy, noble species;" head, neck, under scarlet; back, 
wings green; rump, base tail rich dark blue; band 
bright green on wing; bill scarlet; f., head, upper 
green; throat, chest green tinged red; abdomen scarlet; 
young male like female for two years. Bulbous roots, 
seeds. 
The Pink Cockatoo (Major Mitchell) is unfortunately becoming 
rare. It was fairly common when 1 taught in a Mallee school, 
near where Hopetoun now is. It has been described as "quite 
the most beautiful of all the Cockatoos, being a harmony of deli- 
cate rose-pink and white, with a handsome crest of acuminate 
feathers barred in crimson, yellow, and white." It does not take 
kindly to captivity. It nested in the smaller "spouts" of the 
green "box-trees" in the "box-flats" and swamps about the Goyura 
School, south of Lake Corrong. 
What is more glorious than a mob of Rose-breasted Cockatoos 
(Galahs), 500 strong, airing their beauties and graces as they 
take a constitutional before retiring for the night? Probably no 
other kind of bird shows better company-flying than Galahs; now 
