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active as most Parrots, and its flight is laboured. Although its call- 
notes are harsh and loud, the male at times utters a soft and musical 
double note. It feeds almost entirely on native seeds, fruits, and 
berries; in certain districts it does damage to ripening maize crops. 
nest. In a hollow limb or hole in a tree. 
eggs. Three to six, white. Breeding-season: October to December. 
7. Red-sided Parrot Lorius pectoralis P. L. S. Muller—7A. Female 
Lor'-i-us— N.L. from a Malay word for parrot: pec-tor-a'-lis— L., pec¬ 
toralis, breasted. 
distribution. Northern Queensland (eastern Cape York Penin¬ 
sula, from the Pascoe River to Rocky River); also occurs in the Aru 
Islands and New Guinea. 
notes. This beautiful Parrot was discovered in the scrubs bordering 
the Pascoe River, where it is fairly plentiful. It feeds on nuts and 
seeds of tall scrub trees, which it visits at daybreak, returning to its 
roosting-placc at night. The call-note of the male is a long throaty 
“Kurrrah”, uttered at intervals and occasionally repeated rapidly, and 
the call of the female is a screeching whistle resembling “Kluk kalert”. 
nest. In a large hole in a tall deciduous tree, leafed fig-tree, or 
Moreton Bay chestnut-tree, growing in the scrub, at heights up to 70 
feet from the ground. 
eggs. Two, white. Breeding-season: October to December. 
8. Galah Kakatoe roseicapilla Vieillot 
Kak-a-to'-e— Fr., kakatoes , cockatoo: ro-se-i-cap-ill'-a—L., roseus, rosy; 
L., capillus, hair of the head. 
distribution. Australia, chiefly inland; accidental to Tasmania. 
notes. Also called Rose-breasted Cockatoo, Willie-willock, and 
VVillock. Usually in pairs or flocks, frequenting open country, chiefly 
inland plains interspersed with belts of timber, or trees bordering 
watercourses. It spends much of its time on the ground feeding on the 
seeds of grasses and other plants; when disturbed it rises with loud 
shrill cries. A flock in flight presents a wonderful spectacle of colour, 
as the birds turn simultaneously exposing their rose-pink underparts. 
Food: seeds of grasses, plants, trees, bulbs, and roots; it causes con¬ 
siderable damage to crops, but also devours immense quantities of 
seeds of plant pests. 
nest. In a hollow limb or hole in a tree; lined with green leaves. 
eggs. Four or five, white. Breeding-season: September and Novem¬ 
ber (eastern Australia); February and March (north-western Australia). 
9. Little Corella Kakatoe sanguinea Gould 
san-guin'-e-a— L., sanguineus, blood-stained. 
distribution. Northern, central, north-western, and South Aus¬ 
tralia, and New South Wales; inland chiefly. 
