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GOGERLEY, Breeding of Ground Parrot . [ iat iuTy* 
back to find them on the road. I had had the same experience 
previously. In fact, I can at present recall only one occasion 
(out of perhaps a score) when I saw them anywhere but on I lie 
road. On the last occasion, a week ago, they were right on a 
mailman's track. Now, the point of all this is: May not such 
a fatal habit— weakness, if you like — in a bird so conspicuous 
and so coveted, have been a material factor in its decimation i" 
Later reports by Mr. Jerrard indicate that no further nests 
have been found, but suggest that more than one pair success¬ 
fully bred in the district during the last two seasons. 
The Ground Parrot in Eastern New South 
Wales. 
By J. K. H. GOGERLEY, R.A.O.U., Ellerslie, Wallis Lake, 
New South Wales. 
It was very interesting to read in the January issue of The 
Emu Mr. Edwin Ashby's notes on the rare Ground-Parrot 
(Pezoporus zoallicus). These were made more interesting to me 
by the fact that I had discovered two nests with eggs of this 
rare Parrot on the 24th November last. It was after a long 
search, extending over three years, that I was at last able to 
identify the Ground-Parrot, and to discover the nest. 
Having seen odd birds at rare intervals and having heard that 
they had been seen by others, I was loath to believe that this 
Parrot was extinct on Cape Hawke Peninsula. The fact of the 
Parrots being numerous many years ago made me think that if 
an exhaustive search were made, some of them would be found. 
During the camp-out of the R.A.O.U. at Wallis Lake, in 1921, 
Dr. D’Ombrain, Mr. W. 15. Alexander, Mr. N. Chaffer, and 
J made a close search of the southern end of the Peninsula, but 
without success. Shortly after this I saw a Parrot on the marshy 
country at the north end of the moor, close to the Cape; but was 
not able to identify it, owing to its rapid disappearance from 
sight. 
In November, 1922, Mr. Sid. W. Jackson and myself spent two 
days in a further search, and found remains of nests, where a 
recent bush fire had swept the moor. The burnt nests were 
mostly old, with the exception of one which contained small 
pieces of burnt egg-shells. We also found two fresh nests; one 
liad been deserted owing to the fire burning up close. The other 
had been made after the fire had burnt out; it was not com¬ 
pleted. The few birds on the moor have apparently made their 
nests for years on the edge of a small swamp, half a mile long 
and a few hundred yards wide. Nowhere else did we see any 
signs of nests. We were not able to identify the nests then, 
