. Companion to Gould's Handbook; or, Synopsis of the birds of Australia. Containing nearly one-third of the whole, or about 220 examples, for the most part from the original drawings . \ .,-___^. I. EUPHEMA CHRYSOSTOMA 2 . E . SPLENDID A blue band --ini SplBridid Gr,i ss .Pd^naVeel EUPHEMA CHRYSOSTOMA. (Blue-handed Grass Parrakeef.) Forehead, crossed by a band of deep blue, edged above by a line of pale blue ; lores and stripe behind the eye, deep yellow ; shoulders andwing coverts, bright blue ; primaries, black, edged with bluish green; abdomen and under tail covert
. Companion to Gould's Handbook; or, Synopsis of the birds of Australia. Containing nearly one-third of the whole, or about 220 examples, for the most part from the original drawings . \ .,-___^. I. EUPHEMA CHRYSOSTOMA 2 . E . SPLENDID A blue band --ini SplBridid Gr,i ss .Pd^naVeel EUPHEMA CHRYSOSTOMA. (Blue-handed Grass Parrakeef.) Forehead, crossed by a band of deep blue, edged above by a line of pale blue ; lores and stripe behind the eye, deep yellow ; shoulders andwing coverts, bright blue ; primaries, black, edged with bluish green; abdomen and under tail coverts, yellow; the four central feathers oftail, greenish blue—the remainder, blue on the outer edges at the base, and largely tipped with yellow; the remainder of the plumage, olivegreen ; irides, bill, and feet, brown. The sexes are similar. Length, 9 inches ; wing, 4 ; tail, 5 ; tarsus, i. This species is an inhabitant of the southern portions of Australia only—Victoria, the isles of Bass Straits, and Tasmania, beingmerely a summer visitant of the latter colony. It is constantly to be seen on the ground, its food consisting of the seeds of various grasses,through which it threads its w
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