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Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on a 
This species was first described by Count Salvadori from 
a specimen in the British Museum which had formed part 
of the Gould Collection, its origin being otherwise unknown. 
Subsequently Dr. Hartert recorded examples in the Tring 
Museum from Beaufort and Cranbrook, which places 
(according to the Editors of the ( Emu,’ vii. p. 117 (1907)), 
are in Western Australia. Its discovery by Mr. Shortridge 
at Southern Cross is therefore of interest. It is very easily 
distinguished from P. icterotis (Kuhl) by the darker greenish- 
grey (not sap-green) colour of the back and the margins of 
the innermost secondaries, while the middle pair of tail- 
feathers are mostly dark purplish-blue, instead of green. 
Calopsittacus NoViE-HOLLANDiiE (Gmel.). 
Calopsittacus novae-hollandia Math. p. 47. 
a, b. B ? . York, 2nd Jan. (/. W. Bell). 
Iris dark brown ; bill of a bluish-lead-colour, darker at 
the tip. 
[The Cockatoo Parakeet is gregarious and migratory, and, 
though often plentiful, is uncertain in its appearance. It 
was observed as far south as Beverley. Its presence in the 
coastal districts seems to be influenced by the droughts 
inland.— G. C. £.] 
Cacatua roseicapilla Vieill. 
Cacatua roseicapilla Math. p. 47. 
a-d. S ? • Laverton, 23rd Oct. 
Iris crimson in the adult, dark brown in the immature 
bird; wattles round the eyes white tinged with pink; legs 
mealy grey. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 15’5-16'0 inches. 
[The Bose-breasted Cockatoo, like its allies, is gregarious 
and at times plentiful, though its appearance in the central 
and western divisions is uncertain. It is called * Galah 3 by 
the colonists.—G. C. $.] 
Cacatua gymnopis Sclat. 
Cacatua gymnopsis Math. p. 47. 
a,b. S $ • Clifton Downs, 5th & 10th Oct. 
Iris dark browm, naked skin on the face of a mealy slate- 
