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nestlings were in boxes at the camp of the men who took tliem, tlie old birds came 
and fed them for days, and were as tame as domestic pigeons.” 
No. 12. Platycercus zonarius, S/unv. Banded Parrakeet, Port Lincoln 
Parrakeet. 
Fsittacus zofiarws, Shaw, Nat. Misc., pi 657 (1789-1813). 
Platycercus baueri, Gould, Bds. Austr., fob, Vol. V., pi. 20 (1848). 
Platycercus zfl?iarms, Finsch, Die Papag., Yol. II., p. 212 (1868); Ramsay, 
Cat. Austr. Bds., Psittaci, p. 48 (1891). 
Barna?'dius zonarius, Salvad., Brit. Mus. Cat., Yol. XX., p. 560 (1891). 
A. S' imm. sk., Macumba Creek. 
B. S imm. sk., Stevenson Creek, 
C. ? ad. sk., Henbury. 
D. S ad. sk., Finke River. 
E. ? ad. sk., Francis Well. 
F. ? ad. sk., Francis Well 
Two specimens marked females are much brighter in colour than others 
obtained in the southern portion of the colony. 
[Some surprise was felt at the wide extent of country over which this 
beautiful Parrakeet was found, the first pair being seen at Macumba Creek. 
They were afterwards found throughout the trip wherever water existed. At 
Stevenson’s Creek two black boys were preparing their supper, which consisted of 
nestlings of this species, which they had taken from the spouts of the eucalypts 
along its margin. On 12th May, whilst resting at Adminga Creek, a young bird 
with its yellow bill denoting its age, and apparently enjoying its first fly, fluttered 
on to a branch close to our party. I then saw, and afterwards confirmed, that 
many of the young ones are quite as brilliant in plumage as the mature birds. 
Although generally in pairs, flocks of six or seven are not uncommon, probably 
being the parent bii'ds and young brood. Their chief food is grass-seed, but they 
also display great activity in climbing amongst the foliage in search of blossom.] 
No. 13. PsEPiiOTUS MULTICOLOR, Temmlnck. Yaried Parrakeet. 
Psittacus multicolor, Temm., Trans. Linn. Soc., Yol. XIII., p. 119 (1821.) 
