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PSITTACID/E. 
an eighth long by seven-eighths of an inch broad.” (Gould, 
Hcindbk. Bds. Aust., Yol. ii., p. 60.) 
Hob. West and South-West Australia. (Ramsay.) 
Genus PSEPHOTUS, Gould. 
PSEPHOTUS HvEMATOG ASTER, Gould. 
Red-bellied Rarrakeet. 
Goidd, Ilandbk. lids. Ansi., Yol. ii., sp. 426, p. 62. 
“ For a full set of the eggs of this bird T am indebted to Mr. J. 
ITill, who obtained them at ‘ Pine Rise,’ Ivewell, Victoria, from 
the hollow branch of a Eucalyptus, on September 15th, 1887. 
They are seven in number for a sitting, and when found were in 
a very advanced state of incubation. In form they are rounded 
ovals, a single specimen only (F) being somewhat sharply pointed 
at one end, pure white, and the shell very smooth but without 
any gloss. They measure as follows : — length (A) 094 x 0-8 inch; 
(B) 0-95 x 0-8 inch; (C) 0'94 x 0-78 inch ; (D) 0'97 x 0-76 inch ; 
(E) 0-95 x 0-8 inch ; (F) 0-97 x 078 inch; (G) 0-97 x 0-8 inch.” 
(Forth, P.L.S., F.S.W., Vol. ii., 2nd Series, p. 986.) 
Fab. New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South Australia, 
West and South-west Australia. (Ramsay.) 
PSEPHOTUS IliEMATOGASTER, Gould. 
Var. XANTHORRIIOUS, Gould. 
Yellow-bellied Rarrakeet. 
Gould, Fandbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 427, p. 63. 
A set of the eggs of this variety taken from the hollow spout 
of a tree by Mr. James Ramsay at Tyndarie, on the 2nd of 
September, 1868, are similar to those of the preceding species P. 
hcematogaster, being rounded in form, pure white, and the texture 
