"Exceedingly lovely bird, a harmony in blue and canary yellow;" upper under canary-yellow; back feathers black edged pale-yellow; wing blue; tip quills dark-brown; tail tipped light blue and white; forehead crimson; cheeks blue; f., duller. Seeds. =202* Rosella=, Rosehill Parrakeet, Nonpareil Parrot, _P. eximius_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., T. Stat. v.c. _open timber_ 12.5 Crown, hind-neck, chest, under base tail scarlet; cheeks white; back feathers black edged rich yellow; rump, upper base tail, lower abdomen pale-green; centre-abdomen yellow; shoulders blue; tail tipped pale blue; f., young sim. 5 5 =203* Mallee Parrot= (Scrub), Barnard Parrakeet, Ring-neck, Bulla-Bulla, _Barnardius barnardi_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A. (interior). Stat. c. _mallee scrub_, _water courses_ 13 Crown, chest, abdomen, rump rich-green; yellow band on hind-neck; forehead red; back bluish-gray; centre-abdomen orange; wing-quills black; shoulder blue; centre tail feathers green becoming deep iridescent blue at tip; side tail deep blue at base becoming bluish white at tip; bill horn color; f., sim. Seeds. 8 8 =204* Blue-Bonnet=, Bulloak Parrot, Yellow-vented Parrakeet, _Psephotus zanthorrhous_, N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A. (inland). c. _mallee-scrub_, _plains_ 12.5 Forehead, face blue; crown, upper, chest yellowish-gray; rump, under base tail, abdomen deep yellow, about legs scarlet; edge shoulder, patch on wing blue; wing-quills blackish-brown; f., duller. Seeds. =205* Many-colored Parrot= (Varied, Mulga), _P. multicolor_, N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A., N.W.A. (inland). Stat. c. _plains_ 12 Head, neck, chest, back green; rump little red; abdomen, thighs scarlet; forehead, shoulder, under base tail yellow; f., brick red patch on shoulder, duller. Grass-seeds. [Page 102] [Illustration: [206] [207] [208] [209] [210]] =206* Red-backed Parrot= (Grass, Red-rumped, Ground), _P. haematonotus_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A. Large flocks, v.c. _grass_ 11 Green; lower-back scarlet; tip-shoulder outer wing-quills blue; centre-shoulder, abdomen yellow; f., brownish-olive upper. Seeds. 7 7 =207 Bourke Grass-Parrot= (Night, Pink-bellied), _Neophema bourkei_, N.S.W., V., S.A. (interior). v.r. _plains_ 8.5 Upper olive-brown; under delicate brown tinged pink; forehead, shoulder, flanks, under tail blue; f., forehead not blue. Seeds. =208 Blue-winged Grass-Parrot= (Blue-banded), _N. venusta_, N.S.W., V., S.A., T., King Is. [~208 _Neophema chrysostoma._] Mig. r. _open timber_ 9 Forehead, large patch shoulder deep-blue; crown, neck, back, breast green; face, abdomen light-yellow; tail tipped fine yellow; f., sim. Grass seeds.