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among the blossoms of flowering eucalypts or searching on the ground 
for seeds of grasses and other plants. In certain districts it is common 
about homesteads. 
Nest. —In a hollow limb or hole in a tree. 
Eggs. —Four or five, white. Breeding-season: November and 
December. 
14. Northern Rosella Platycercus venustus Kuhl 
ven-ust’-us —L., venustus, comely. 
Distribution. —North-western Australia and Northern Territory. 
Notes. —Also called Smutty Parrot, Brown’s Parrot, and Brown’s 
Parakeet. Usually in pairs or small flocks, inhabiting open forest country; 
it is often observed in mangroves. It frequently utters a rapid succession 
of double notes resembling “Trin-se trin-se.” Its flight is low and some¬ 
what rapid, taking a zigzag course. Food: seeds of grasses and herbaceous 
plants, and native fruits and berries. 
Nest . — In a hollow limb or hole in a tree. 
Eggs. —Two or three, white. Breeding-season: August to October. 
15. Adelaide Rosella Platycercus adelaidce Gould 
adelaidce —city of Adelaide, South Australia. 
Distribution. —South Australia (Mount Lofty and Flinders Ranges). 
Notes. —Usually in pairs or small flocks, inhabiting open forest and 
partly cleared lands. It is very similar in habits and economy to the 
Eastern Rosella. 
Nest .—In a hollow limb or hole in a tree. 
Eggs .—Five to seven, white. Breeding-season: September to 
December. 
16. Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans Gmelin 
el-e-gans —L., elegans, handsome. 
Distribution .-From Cape York to Victoria, Kangaroo Island, and 
King Island; also occurs on Norfolk Island. 
Notes.— Also called Crimson Parrot, Pennant’s Parakeet, Red Lory, 
and Mountain Lowry. Usually in pairs or flocks, frequenting alike heavily 
timbered ranges, brushes, big scrubs, open forest, and partly cleared 
anas. It is generally observed feeding either on the ground upon the 
seeds of grasses and other plants, or in blossom, fruit, and berry-bearing 
trees. Its call is a shrill screech; it also utters a chattering note when 
teedmg. It is very destructive in orchards. 
Nest.— In a hollow limb or hole in a tree, usually close to the ground. 
Eggs. Six to eight, white. Breeding-season: October to January. 
17. Cloncurry Parrot Barnardius macgillivrayi North 
Barnardius— Edward Barnard, ornithologist, member of Linnean Society, 
London: macgillivrayi—Alexander Sykes MacGillivray, Leilavale Station, 
Cloncurry, Northern Queensland. 
Distribution. —Interior of northern Queensland. 
