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PENNANTIAN BROAD-TAIL. 
pense and trouble incurred in their capture is, how- 
ever, in part repaid, not only by a saving of their 
crops, but by the acquisition of a wholesome addi- 
tion to the table, as this as well as other species are 
reported to he of excellent and delicate flavour. Ac- 
cording to Mr Caley, whose account of this bird we 
quote from the Linnsean Transactions, “ it is called 
by the natives Dulang and Julang. Like the King’s 
Parrot (Plat, scapulatus), it is found in large flocks 
among the ripe Indian corn, both species intermixed. 
It varies much in colour, but as the greater part of 
the flock is of the colour of the female, it may also 
be taken for granted that they are young birds. The 
natives tell me it makes its nest chiefly in the Pep- 
permint-tree ( Eucalyptus piperita ), always in the 
body, but never in the boughs. Sometimes it en- 
larges the hole through which it enters. Year after 
year the same place is frequented for the purposes 
of incubation. It makes no nest, but from the de- 
cayed parts of the tree. It has four young ones. 
The eggs are white. I have met with this bird in 
November in the most mountainous parts of the coun- 
try; but I apprehend it leaves these parts in the 
winter.” 
In its motions it exhibits great activity and live- 
liness, and it walks upon the ground with facility, 
and without any of that awkward gait, so conspicu- 
ous in the typical parrots. It is fiequently kept in 
a tame or caged state, chiefly for the beauty of its 
plumage and handsome carriage, as few or none of 
