PARRA GA L L INA C E A Temm.
’ “ Gallinaceous Parra.
I’nra'/qllmaua Itmin. A^Col — 1 .M-.1 T£nitQd’O m , p^haO"^
Mur-re-ma-rang-geit, Abgngim;soj’ Part Essington
-pHlshblril may be riai_rdi il "«Brno of tlie most interesting o f the additions lately made to the Australian
Faiiii_i,„-im e, independently of itsthhuitY, I hi ( M'tence.oiiht tr ue.FarttvÓ^Australia was hitherto unknown.
Ifoy fa rm ^'i//.na*^3|^^rafcji;.'jniwt typical un niliers ot thiJgi'nuslJJf. hind the and claw l>eing more
S S ^ U B p e lo p e d than W e nlKüv.tiilier species; imbtulhgungeitpica-ly ad ipted for traversing
o jev i u^it]ml h « 11 riudflij rbagt lbft im 11 ly n-i to ih^UïchotÏTlii wuier
S'* I In .pt I i'rn. ns m hlv ipilh I uou,,w I it ohi nntd t 1’ui t^I -siutrron, ttlu re tins lord was tolerably numerous,
ijnit I tuiJ -in Il Ioi dmr? IP rt infort d il tm\ cliffy ult to procmnaaTHaving never seen this species
in a state'ófiiiature, 1 t annor dtj bt itt r lit m l ronsri ihi .yj^fiUher.t\ notasiraypething ir : previous to which I
may mentionlthat feis «periesljH B lM m i » d \ i v ( mined,. yud rli it M>Pt B w It t- lately publish«!»,
fign e,nLit in his “ PI u das f is pj n tP\l a t t
> 1 didquitrim t t with üjwhiï<l,h - iv, Mr. Gilbert, 1 ‘^imriEth^Iatter part of my stay id the country, just
bt,tore\)itrx|,t -c.i-on seBnii aslu.nl 1 iibst rtt il * i i ? i S t l^ l argugl the iif.tr-l’inm Smith, which at this time
i(Ê S . month ■ a I I ). I f.|lu ^ ‘onTiinulKti liiih-u every part of iti_ au d it was
foi^Suattr that thisswas the t isêy lur-r]iip 111111 ooniuit - itsi ItisO.itrai^C lo-Tht muddy parts of. the middle of
h o ltKulEfo’ llu tophi from the shores' -1 I t -wQuJdrseem to bn a verylocal species,
D u S g ^ i i i i i tafiM m y otherpari^of the Peninsula. In -^ ^M © m g January^afl^^ succession
nl*lu iivv ijaS sihi lain lir^me'so j^ f r U e S S l o be too dttp ilu--.i'‘ ptjW'n to attempt to; t ^ s any part
o f U tifi^Vtwntlvumai t oud onportnnits oKobseriing til' 1’ trca^fiTeurred htlore my departure. Those
observed four or families, in different parts ofathc lake, and were
usuahy-accora g.^Mfeeding fetaa. fec floating Mapfenjants, t t y e i j^ ^ ^ S g great len^h^f'fli^ir toes and
pa ilh^ ah les th.em.Ao run with gre tietatilHjv £ ,u i lu ^ l jg t^ 1 alarm they dive down at once or take to flight
TwiffiQwers oS diving and i,frretineuhin.^mlh jjw iti r irt t qu d to ilu»-t i*t tn's.hird ÏAw ^ év er met with:
oiiidhe otberharyj, their powers of flishteaft'' vucywijah lln v ^ d l^ h o ^ ru :r ,^ ^ mount up fifteen or twen ty
yards,' gnd fly from-bae; end o f th^ l ^ t J ^ jS n i 'r * » tli.i tnt u o f hajf opjtÉjee-quarters o f'a mile, but
generally theyanorthy rise''abovehhehsprface- o f the war r ami tlynH.,tiir,^lioiit ji’ bundred yards; during
"fligmtheir loiig'degs S t : thrown qiij^horizontally to' their filth kmgth; while feeding they niter a slowly-
rewated gluijk stuck. T&|s®mach is e xpimely muscular, andjwMfood consists o f aquatic insects and
some kind o f vegetable leather.”
’ _ Alüioughvtjie nest and eggs were tJttilatmJidd it. ev^tfontly breeds in the IftQ^hy, above-mentioned, fo g
amqpgslte specimens prqUwed were twQjyqp^. OMS.l', J;-
jïa c k o^tjm bend,'line'X^CtthB. back pt tin ueph*lip?til rhej-huuldij,- und r surface o f the wing, flanks,
end's broad band>crossing thi^ehest and abdomen deep bluish black; chin and throat white; orbits, ear-
eoyerts sides ofi’thcluuglii^ud'hrgast pale glossy o lg ig L l^ e w b h ^ p è fth e orange gradually blending into
each other; bath apd^apularies bronzy 'Ohy.Crgrc^!, i^c^mnigaiearl^hlack at the base of the neck and on
tTfe^MM^ying-coverts ,h‘ wing^m J ^ U greenish black ; ^ p t and under
ta il-co v e r^W lS,wJllte 5 Wdei^^'üóijpibyï-ye^Qyv; eyelash ligh^ajh-grey; bill greenis^grey at the extreme
W , ^sen black to near upper inaudible and the helmet anrorar
e d ; base qfthe lower mandible light primrose-yellow; forepart of the tibia red, with a mixture in patches
o fy t jjW a n d greenish gtey ahinder part oft»itjb ia^ rs ,irj® d tqes dark greeniab grey. •
The young differs luhaying all fee UMerhsur& s hgbite, crown sjf the head an^ occiput reddish chestnut,
the line down aSiB sM r f the*n e<^f®m and t f e V j ^ ddiallim^ ^ f e kfeather m a i l e d wife a sffll
redder h u e ; Quly an in d io a t fn o i^ ^ ^ ^ e t ; iriilhali^ R r o wn.-and^the bill aurorired, wife feemxception
of the base of the lower mandible, ^?hich is light yellowish white.
The figures are those of a niale, a female, and | w n g bird, o f the natural size.