GROUND PARROT. 
p. 51, 1908 ; Dove, Emu, VoL IX., p. 94, 1909 (Tas.) ; Littler, Handb. Birds Tasm., 
p. 100, 1910 ; North, Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat., No. 1, Vol. III., p. 172, 1911 ; Mellor 
and White, Emu, Vol. XII., p. 164, 1913 (Flinders Island) ; S. A. White, ib., Vol. 
XIV., p. 139, 1915 (Vic.). 
Euphema formosa Schlegel, Mus. de Pays Bas., Vol. III., Psitt., p. 106, 1864. 
Pezoporus flaviventris North, Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat., No. 1, Vol. III., p. 175, 1911 ; King 
George’s Sound, West Australia ; H. L. White, Emu, Vol. XIII., p. 186, 1914 
(S.W.A.) ; Whitlock, ib ., p. 203, pi. xxi. (S.W.A.). 
Pezoporus terrestris terrestris Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 280, 1912 ; id., List 
Birds Austr., p. 140, 1913. 
Pezoporus terrestris leachi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 280, 1912 : Tasmania ; 
id., List Birds Austr., p. 140, 1913. 
Pezoporus terrestris flaviventris Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 280, 1912 ; id., List 
Birds Austr., p. 140, 1913. 
Pezoporus terrestris dombraini Mathews, Austral Av. Record, VoL II., p. 91, 1914 : 
S.E. South Australia. 
Distribution'. New South Wales ; Victoria ; Tasmania ; South Australia ; South-west 
Australia. 
Adult female. General colour both above and below dark grass-green with black centres 
to the feathers and yellowish shaft marks to the feathers of the mantle, these pale 
markings assume the form of bars on the wings, back, and outer tail-feathers ; a 
yellowish mark on some of the primary- and secondary-quills and a large spot of 
the same colour on the inner-webs which are dark brown ; middle pair of tail-feathers 
for the most part green with indistinct pale bars, the next pair dark brown with 
green on the outer-webs ; a crimson spot at the base of the fore-head ; crown of 
head green like the back with black shaft-lines to the feathers ; sides of face and 
chin similar but the shaft-lines much narrower ; lower throat and breast somewhat 
paler green with small subapical black spots to the feathers ; lower breast, abdomen, 
and under tail-coverts paler and inclining to yellowish-green barred with black ; 
outer under wing-coverts u nif orm green, inner series and axillaries dusky brown 
like the quill lining, the latter crossed by a yellowish or white bar ; under surface 
of tail-feathers yellowish-white barred with blackish-brown, except the middle 
ones which are uniform brown. Iris brown, feet flesh colour, bill horn colour. 
Total length, 300 mm. ; cuknen 14, wing 125, tail 153, tarsus 17. Figured. 
Collected in Tasmania. 
Adult male. Similar to the adult female but larger. Wing 131. 
Nestling. Covered with brown down on the back, with yellow feathers showing on the 
under-surface. 
Immature. Resemble the adult but have not the red band on the fore-head, 
Nest. A deep hollow lined with grass and situated in rushes or thick grass. 
Eggs. Clutch, three or four. White. 25-26 mm. by 22-24. 
Breeding-season. September to December. 
This extraordinary Parrot was not uncommon round Sydney when the first 
settlement was made, and, being sent to England, was described by Latham. 
It does not appear to have been brought back by Captain Cook’s party, but 
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