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Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on a 
Melopsittacus undulatus Shaw. 
Melopsittacus undulatus Math. p. 51. 
a . S . Carnarvon, 26th July. 
Iris whitish-buff; bill yellowish-olive; cere of a bluish- 
slate-colour ; legs of a light bluish-lead-colour. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 7*75 inches. 
[The Warbling Grass-Parakeet is migratory and. appears 
at uncertain times : it occasionally visits districts in enormous 
numbers. It is never found in the extreme south-west.— 
G. C. £.] 
Neophema petrophila Gould. 
Neophema petrophila Math. p. 51. 
a. S imm. King River, 7th Jan. 
b. S • Albany, 24th March. 
c. d. S’ Pelican Point, 29th March. 
Iris dark brown; bill of a horn-colour, yellowish at the 
base; legs of a light slate-colour. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 9 inches. 
[The Rock Parakeet feeds on the ground and frequents 
sandy or pebbly localities on the sea-shore or on the banks 
of estuaries.— G. C. $.] 
Psephotcjs multicolor Temm. 
Psephotus multicolor Math. p. 50. 
a-e. S ? et S ? imm. Kurrawang, 6th Sept.-4th Oct. 
/. $ imm. Hawksnest, 1st Nov. 
Iris dark brown; upper mandible pale blue tipped, with 
slaty-black, lower mandible of a dark slate-colour ; legs of a 
dusky slate-colour. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 11*5-I2‘25 inches. 
Contrary to wdiat has been written by Gould and others, 
the female of this species is very different from the male. 
The back and breast are greyish-brown tinged with olive; the 
band across the lesser wing-coverts is dull scarlet, instead of 
yellow, the belly is pale green with scarcely a trace of red and 
the under tail-coverts are pale green, instead of pale yellow. 
The specimen a i ” described as the young of this species 
in the f Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum/ xx. 
