THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Howe and Tregellas, in September, 1913, made search in North-Western 
Victoria, where the species was reported to have been seen recently, but they 
had no success, so that it is not yet proved whether any survive, though such 
may be the case. 
Howe later noted that North-West Victoria should be added in my 
List as a habitat of his species, but skins should be secured before such 
procedure be adopted. 
It does not appear to have been met with in Western Australia since 
Gould’s time, and the South Australian specimens differ from the type, 
these I separated subspecifically as “ Geopsittacus occidentalis whitece. Differs 
from G. o. occidentalis in being darker green above, and in having the 
abdomen not so yellow.” This subspecies seems quite valid, but cannot 
arouse much interest owing to the extinction of the species. 
North, in the Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat., No. 1, Vol. III., simply ignores the 
existence of this monotypic generic form, as he had no eggs ; yet describes 
the Western Pezoporus of which he had also no eggs. Such inconsistent and 
prejudiced work does not advance science in any way. 
It is interesting to note that Gould did not figure the Western bird, but 
the South Australian form. I have therefore figured the typical subspecies, 
so that those interested can compare the plates and see the much duller 
coloured bird figured by me. I only know of three Western birds, two in 
the British Museum and one in my private collection at Foulis Court, Fair 
Oak, Hampshire. 
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