. An Australian bird book : a pocket book for field use. Birds -- Australia Identification. 102 AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD grass wing-quills brownish- 206*Red-backed Parrot (Grass, Red-riimped, Ground), haematonotiis, , , V., Large flocks. Green; lower-back scarlet; tip-shoulder outer blue; centre-shoulder, abdomen yellow; f, olive upper. Seeds. 7 207 Bourke Grass-Parrot (Night, Pink-bellied), A^eop^ema 7 hourkei, , V., (interior). plains Upper olive-brown; under delicate brown tinged pink; fore- head, shoulder, flanks, under tail blue; f., forehead not blue.
. An Australian bird book : a pocket book for field use. Birds -- Australia Identification. 102 AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD grass wing-quills brownish- 206*Red-backed Parrot (Grass, Red-riimped, Ground), haematonotiis, , , V., Large flocks. Green; lower-back scarlet; tip-shoulder outer blue; centre-shoulder, abdomen yellow; f, olive upper. Seeds. 7 207 Bourke Grass-Parrot (Night, Pink-bellied), A^eop^ema 7 hourkei, , V., (interior). plains Upper olive-brown; under delicate brown tinged pink; fore- head, shoulder, flanks, under tail blue; f., forehead not blue. Seeds. 208 Blue-winged Grass-Parrot (Blue-banded), N. venusta, , v., , T., King Is. Mig. r. open timber Forehead, large patch shoulder deep-blue; crown, neck, back, breast green; face, abdomen light-yellow; tail tipped fine yellow; f., sim. Grass seeds. 209*Grass-Parrot (Elegant Grass), N. elegans, , , v., , Mig. r. grass Forehead, patch shoulder,wing-quills blue; about eye rich- yellow; back golden-green; chest gresn; abdomen, side of tail yellow; f., duller. Seeds. Musical whistle. 210 Orange-breasted Grass-Parrot (Orange - bellied), N. chrysogastra, , V., , T. Mig. r. grass Crown, upper grass-green; forehead blue; cheeks, breast yellowish-green; shoulder, patch on wing deep-blue; abdomen, under base tail yellow; lower abdomen much orange; f, less orange. Seeds. Sharp snapping note. 211 Red-Shoiildered Grass-Parrot (Chestnut-shouldered, Beautiful),]V. pulcheUa, , , V., Mig. c. timber 11. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Leach, John Albert, 1870-1929; Horn Scientific Expedition (1894). Melbourne : Whitcombe & Tombs
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