E^PHETfA PETROPHILA, Gould.
Rock Grass-Parrakeet.
Ewphema petrophila, P^nf VUI. p. J48;'
Rpdk Parrqkeet}Q$&a&ts ® ^ p 4 n River.
difference in th e colouring I S ; fa ce^ tfe j^p eeies. it: differ» also from otter,
^ i n b i r ,M jd ik & nuaij&tsjli A ll. ,M.un.nli|uugb'. IiS them, it o b ta i^ u f feod on the ground, feed:.,«, on
o f thev^ious-gi a „ i , t tV g n y o 3 |M f f i a E j hole ,u rh u r .offAustralia, it is far more partial
to rocky S tiiiiioiisfib^ u / t r i . s of tiJsJbml troni Ib.rt Lincoln in South
p . '^ L ^ ^ I m f e ^ulJHrpBg-iioi;d appears I l S I p f l western coast, where* it oecuj-s in great O t te r s , on
R o ^ .e f t ^d'-o th k island, nj. i& w , Alf t l d bm f^U r bn id , in 'th e holes of the
m5oiPitoV diiffij, j ^ w s ^ ^ p rc fy u a ■ *S « i i | W JH tlr ‘nld-niost dill unit o f access; and
bectt U ry p n ru l^ ij ttg ljt drgri i_ ot ey tm ii r ti» prm uri is nnpli , ufiEhf-Slug,...wbuli; u to r ling to the
testimony, of t^iiatives^arH white and siwNQmTpiglit rn!unuij)or!'Ja '
“,lt, flight is cure me h r ip id , uni ir jjjne, n mount, to a great hi ighVin the air.”
The sexep are m arlv :ilil.e in'oiiluur.iiiid may be tiiu'CiTpsmbi-il ■ ~ ’*'*
Frontal band deep mdigo-blueL bi^fi'dLlji lori^ ffTMSeihuiffiith a tirv .narrow line of dull verditer-blue -
lores and circle $ui roum^ugjth' <yi did^Wduer-blnt rhe upper surface yellowish oliye-green; under
surface the^anmg^bnt lighter, and passing int‘o)p$lQ.w, tinged witi^Qgazige on the lower part of the abdomen;
under surface of the shoulder indigo-bke; a few ol till, w p fgioiuli. grci nish blue primaries brownish
black on their inner webs,'and deep indigo blue inMhi oijlur rwp cyirrc ®b«il-frjjfhci, bluish green; the
remainder of thefeatberattra^wn tte 'J ^ e .o h ,|h e inner wefe, g re enW tte base on the outer webs, and
largely tipped with yellow; hides very dark brown;; upper mandible (jprk reddish brown; sides of
the under mandible light yellow, the tip^bliish g je y ; legj^nttjBBt dark b rc ^ rM lr^ c j
The figures are those of a umh anil a female of tin natural w/i