ROCK PARROT. 
small parties upon Beatrice Spit, Little Althorpe, Wedge Island and Troubridge 
Island. At the first and last localities there are no rocks, but they evidently 
frequent the low bush in search of food, and repair to the rocky islands to nest.” 
Mr. W. B. Alexander has written me : “I have only met with these 
birds twice, once at Cape Leeuwin and on the other occasion on the Hampden 
Range about 120 miles west of Eucla, at a point where the cliffs are several 
miles inland.” 
The range of this species extends from St. Vincent’s Gulf, South 
Australia, along the south coast and round the west up to Freycinet’s 
Harbour, Shark’s Bay. I separated the South Australian form as differing 
in having the blue frontal band darker, generally less brilliant coloration, 
paler blue and browner primaries. This form was upheld in my List of the 
Birds of Australia and here it seems expedient to accept it. 
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