NYMPHICUS NOVÆ-HOLLANDIÆ, wagi.
Cockatoo Parrakeet.
Puttacm NÿoeiMiMândiâ!, Lath , Ind 0rn.,fS8|k.p. Î02.—Gmel. Linn toI. i. n. 323,
aient,Lath G n.Sjn vol 1 p 2 0—lb Gen Hi l ygl h p . 174,No.88.—Shaw,Zool.,vol.Tiii.p.402.
Palmrnis Novoe-Hollandioe, L i l 27 .
Wÿmgtuaa j^Sboe-Hoîlândioe,Wagl, Mon -Psitt m .Abîradÿ&ir, pp 490 and 522.—Selb., Nat. Iâb., vol. vi.
S p M t ^ p 180, PI 01 Gen. oi^irds;;2n£Mit, p .66.
J - p t . ' ,iln , ^ 3p6 _
Çuv, ^i"*«.ymTZi)oi : ^ l3 E rT h i> 7 PI 1 lliSyfcmalenn; -
' T h e interior portion 'it Au-tralia may be said to possess a Fauna almost peculiar to
;.!U!l^gij^ ^ i u j r a p 1ij;eGUt is ^ ^ J r iu lj'lim iS d ^N ew forms therefore of great interest
may J[i ■ w O jd ^ liT n rip difficuUjigg w ^Mtlie'explorer has to encomjtafbvj^sTqarney towards the centre
111 l^ f c iu u tu l lUidS lfgfflreCiid forming the euijjpe^ f the present Plate is one of its
deni/i l i ', I bfljgjaMS ke j&ilklll cross&jfoppp mountain KjnBs?and breed on the flats between them and
thr f a , -nil this- a f f i ^ - i K y - u r n B M l Tin fi w ihengffmidd compared to-the thousands observed on
" % f f l B H B g B B 3 B t ^ S w B B M M B E ^ n''Lip>^ P ^ H y h g t they have as it were overstepped
j^ iffli^ ^ l'h a u lT d iL rv H t? u iiu ^ i^ ^ tijjiieil utSHUiF ahull ui the southern portion oi lustralia, and being
stijitlj . ^ ^ ^ ' h a ^ i i ' a l i e s a sinmitangops movemmt ^iiiiilrl^dMO luiliiii onc’liiindred miles of the
£tjffl^O@^BLeial.'ej,' \ " |B ^ ^ B dinMr W'estemfiTiBfeh^ precisely at the
sam.6~ t i n g ^ a t . it _ipf|c irs .on I In* f \li ) m ti' P lMyii'nttin ^ isre i n Imirhnn^nt tliiimwMm-f Attir breeding
g||jl j^arij i c5»t 'lie » hi It j^ m g p t i i _n jrtlm u 1 yf>il r irv an^March, 'but to what
Ijlytri ( nfhlptudi'Uiiv ir w a I hni-Junt fim, able «. uisf u torilj to 'wcertnin.
!irV pulI'lyini fflni launch, which,‘howi tir , is no
prufl tl 11 'i 11 part || u H ^ S iS c n t^ iiiii i&Wtfrtlv the inui try near the coast that has
SSSfawMEifiravi TM.d t ‘IP'J ife lff^ r^ JdB B e inferior, wherever there
«are situations ^ u M m |M ^ h 'g 6 f t s s - b n W m |M ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 8 S M B fe»to?ithosfe in which it o e c irap i New
fsdutn^W^ales. It would appear to bef-rio: jpjifn^L'ons,in, tin , n b fe r^ ijQviMim jflj^ lu-trnlij than in the
v,we^fer^yji IDuring the snmmer o f I ^ ^ Q ^ ^ b r a i l i f l a t s on .the Upper
fel imlwSua-pcJJ,J, i i on iij^ im d jg jiiS ^ i ^ njSb lt'JVi 1, md ollija^cveri^foOijShp^ ndrthw trds titer
ir * |* ra n * . *1 have seen
^tli&^mUTilifri[uii^iTO'fFdJlT^ho^ 'w|hild'.cnLralri doiiil nroi urm_r fowl,'"a® it was not an unusual circumstance
ti/ ic e hundreds together on thi dead lu<inchcs of the gum-trees in the neighbourhood of water,
a plentiful snpnlv^olpwlilim^ppild' appear to*he essentia! to its existence ; hence we may reasonably suppose
that tlk 'in& JyB ^ ffi^ ijiifU tn i, not so- -terde and lnhsjpiUhh as. is ordinarily imagined, and that it yet
may be made available for the uses of mau The Uai li'ipiiir^drnp/evtifni and tin ^Wiuphnicfirjs- Parrakeet
are also denizens o f tjtat part o fth e country, and equall^iiuamnmo exist without -kater.-- ^
' - The Parrakeet; is even and easy,, and is capable nrthein^limjr prhtrapt.i‘d- When
roused from the ground it flies up into the nearest tree, almost invariahlv selecting a dead branch, upon
which t l frequently perches luarlljwWp It is by no means a shy- lltrtwsopihafo any number may be shot:
from the excellent eating many are annually killed for the purposes ofht|p^table.
Its form adtJ^nMy'adaptjj,] t for terrestrial progression, horlop■it ls ^ p dili:igr(::idllv'to procure the seeds of
the various grasses,-,upon which it almost solely subsists.
M ^ fe taM aif^ ^ ^B f e i ^ iecfes’^iM^^Maifclinteresting.tnamuMgreadilv'doinesticated. playful and amusing,/
The accompanying Plate is from a beautiful drawing ip^ty-by.IVlr. Lear, from two.livmgjbirdym-ffie ysIS-
session
Considerable deference exists in the plumage of tin siyi- the tjfltf Jthi rs otrt hi* inalojlwuig' nrtirfly
destitute of tbe transverse b sp which adorn those of the other sex.
It breeds in the holes Qf£myfn'$gfl other trees growing on the flats and in the ncit^bqmhood o f water.
Tbe eggs qre.'wiiitj,, five o r six In i ' l U a r t s r s <jf a^ini hihrmnC /
The male has the forehead,'Qt:s$ apd cheeks-lei^^feHCT; ear^ovor® r& o rg d ^ ^ orange; back of the
neck, two centra tail-feathers, andpjhp^g^t^fTial margins of the primaries brownish grey; back, shoulders,
ell the under greyish ehQCo l a t p - b t h e shoulders and flanks being the
darkest; S sjiite'.giark ex te i^ 'frpm the- shoulders lengthwise down the centre!A t f e w in g ; irides dark
brown; bill bluish Ipad'-Colnurl lighter op the uiuler-itule of the lower!mamlihJtt ^Tegs and feet bluish gtcy.
The female differs, fe rn the male in the faeje. and/«c^t being o^gfdall olive yedow, the
latter beeottiiog still darker at its extremity; ip bt^lpg, the throat greyish brown," and the back lighter than
in tbe male; the lower part of the abdomen, upper tail-coverts, yelioyy: four midd^ tajbfoatfters grey, the
remainder yellow, ^ e whole transversely fjpti'irr^ujatly barred witje^nes of brown, w ^ rfh e exception of
tbe outer web of the outer feather on sagbjqide, which is pure yellow.
The Plate represents a m^eftaptlla f^ntble ■atura