Part 9

The beautiful and affectionate little Budgerigar (Warbling Grass Parrot), or Love Bird, has many names. It is migratory, and sometimes appears in thousands, though it may not be seen again for years. It is a favorite cage bird, and breeds as freely as caged canaries, so it is well-known in Europe.

The last two Parrots are ground birds, which never perch or climb. It was feared that the Ground Parrot was extinct, but it is seen occasionally in the National Park at Wilson's Promontory. The Night Parrot is better called the Western Ground Parrot. It is found amongst the Spinifex (_Triodia_) scrub of the interior.

Though Parrots are essentially "climbers," having the suitable arrangement of two toes in front and two behind, it is interesting to learn of these two Australian Parrots which cannot perch or climb. The Parrot's foot is of interest, further, in so far as it is used as a hand, and the food is held in it while being eaten. The powerful bill not only serves to reduce its food to powder, but also assists in climbing. It is sometimes amusing to note the "absurd caution," and great deliberation with which a parrot climbs down in his cage to pick up some dainty.

Possessing no less than 76 kinds of Parrots and Cockatoos, Australians should be alive to their privileges as contrasted with the dwellers of northern lands, where Parrots do not live. They should insist on the proper protection of these beautiful and wonderful birds.

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ORDER XVII.--PSITTACIFORMES.

F. 72. _Nestoridae_, Nestor, Kaka, Kea, 4 sp. A. (N.Z.).

F. 73. LORIIDAE (9), BRUSH-TONGUED PARROTS, LORIES, LORIKEETS, 87 sp. A.

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=184* Blue Mountain Lorikeet= (-Parrot), Rainbow Lory, Blue--bellied (Swainson) Lorikeet, _Trichoglossus novae-hollandiae_, N.A., E.A., S.A., T.

Nom. flocks c. _eucalypts_ 14

Head, throat, abdomen blue; chest blood-red tinged yellow; back green; bill blood-red; f., sim. Honey. Screech.

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=185* Musk Lorikeet=, Green Keet, Green Leek (e), _Glossopsittacus concinnus_, E.A., S.A., T. [~185-187 _Genus, Glossopsitta._]

Nom. v.c. _flowering eucalypts_ 8.5

Green; forehead, behind ear red; bill black tipped red; f., sim. Honey. Screech.

=186 Purple-crowned Lorikeet=, _G. porphyrocephalus_, N.S.W. V., S.A., W.A. [~185-187 _Genus, Glossopsitta._]

Nom. flocks with 185. r. _eucalypts_ 6.5

Green; forehead red, yellow; behind ear fainter red, yellow; crown purple; behind head yellowish-green; shoulder light-blue; under wing crimson; under greenish-gray; flanks, under-tail golden-green; bill black; f., sim. Honey. Screech.

=187 Little Lorikeet=, Jerryang, _G. pusillus_, E.A., S.A., T. [~185-187 _Genus, Glossopsitta._]

Nom. flocks with 185. c. _eucalypts_ 6.5

Green; face deep-red; hind-neck brown; wings black edged green; tail feathers grass-green, inner webs red at base, yellowish at tip; f., smaller. Honey. Screech.

F. 74. CYCLOPSITTACIDAE (2), Fig-Parrots, 23 sp. A.

F. 75. CACATUIDAE (17), COCKATOOS, 29 sp.--28(28)A., 1(1)O. (Philippine Is.).

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=188 Black Cockatoo=, Funereal Black Cockatoo, _Calyptorhynchus funereus_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., T., King Is.

Small flocks, r. _timber_ 26

Black; ear-patch, under tail yellow; f., sim. Wood-boring larvae. Seeds. "Wy-la."

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=189 Banksian Cockatoo=, Banksian Black Cockatoo, C. _banksi_, E.A., S.A.

r. _timber_ 24

Glossy greenish-black; vermilion-red band on tail; f., yellow side of head, neck. Caterpillars, seeds.

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=190 Glossy Cockatoo= (Leach Black), _C. viridis_, E.A., S.A.

Small flocks, r. _timber_ 19.5

Glossy greenish-black; deep vermilion-red on tail; f., no vermilion on tail. Sheoak (_Casuarina_) seeds.

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=191* Gang-gang Cockatoo= (Red-crowned), Red-crowned Parrot (e), Galah (e), _Callocephalum galeatum_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., T., King Is. [~191 _Genus, Callocephalon._

v.r. _forest_ 13.5

Head, crest fine scarlet; rest slate-gray barred grayish-green; wings tinged green; under tinged red; f., head, crest gray. Eucalypt seeds.

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=192 White Cockatoo= (Sulphur-crested), _Cacatua galerita_, A., T., King Is. [~192-194 _Genus, Cacatoees._]

Nom. Flocks, v.c. _timber_, _open plains_ 20

White; crest, under wing, portion of tail sulphur-yellow; f., sim. Seeds, grain, native bread, bulbous roots, grasshoppers' eggs. Screech.

=193* Pink Cockatoo= (Leadbeater), Major Mitchell, _C. leadbeateri_, Int. A. [~192-194 _Genus, Cacatoees._]

Nom. r. _lofty gums_ 16

"Most beautiful and elegant" cockatoo; white; forehead, neck, under wing, middle abdomen, base of tail salmon pink becoming deeper under wing; crest crimson, yellow, white; eyes black; f., yellow in crest brighter; eyes reddish-brown. Plaintive cry.

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=194* Rose-breasted Cockatoo=, Galah, Willie-willock, Willock, _C. roseicapilla_, A., T. (acc). [~192-194 _Genus, Cacatoees._]

Nom. large flocks, c. _plains_ 14

Upper gray; under deep rose pink; head pinky-white; "the second most beautiful of cockatoos;" f., sim. Seeds, salt-bush.

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=195 Long-billed Cockatoo=, Corella, _Licmetis nasica_, N. Ter., N.S.W., V., S.A. [~195 _Licmetis tenuirostris._]

Flocks r. _ground_ 17

White; under wing pale-yellow; under tail bright-yellow; forehead, face scarlet; neck, breast tinged scarlet; naked blue skin round eye; long bill, 1-5/8 in.; f., sim. Bulbous roots.

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=196* Cockatoo-Parrot=, Cockatiel, Quarrion, _Calopsittacus novae-hollandiae_, A. [~196 _Calopsitta novae-hollandiae._]

Mig. flocks, c. _plains_, _timber_ 12

Forehead, crest lemon-yellow; ear-patch rich reddish-orange in a patch yellow above white below; upper, under gray; white on wings, chest; f., face, crest dull olive-yellow; tail barred brown. Seeds.

F. 76. PSITTACIDAE (47), PARROTS, Macaws, 433 sp.--144(144)A., 49(49)O., 42(42)E., 2(1)Nc., 197(196)Nl.

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=197* Superb Parrot= (Scarlet-breasted), Green Leek, Barraband Parrakeet, _Polytelis barrabandi_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A.

Stat. v.r. _timber_ 16

Green; forehead, cheeks, throat rich gamboge-yellow; crescent of scarlet next to yellow on chest; bill yellow; sometimes red on thigh; f., green tinged dull rose on chest; thigh red. Seeds.

=198* Black-tailed Parrot=, Rock-Pebbler, Rock-Pebble, Smoker, _P. melanura_, N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A. (interior). [~198 _Polytelis anthopeplus._]

Nom. v.r. _Box flats_, _timber_ 16

Head, neck, greenish-yellow; shoulders, under yellow; upper-back olive; wing-quills, tail iridescent black; some pink on wing; bill scarlet; f., duller. Seeds, honey.

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=199* King Parrot= (Scarlet and Green, Spud), Blood Rosella, King Lory (e), _Aprosmictus cyanopygius_, E.A., S.A.

Stat. c. _forest_ 16

"Showy, noble species;" head, neck, under scarlet; back, wings green; rump, base tail rich dark blue; band bright green on wing; bill scarlet; f., head, upper green; throat, chest green tinged red; abdomen scarlet; young male like female for two years. Bulbous roots, seeds.

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=219= Australian Roller =220= Blue Kingfisher =221= Laughing Kingfisher =223= Sacred Kingfisher =224= Australian Bee-eater =227= Spine-tailed Swift =229= Pallid Cuckoo =230= Fan-tailed Cuckoo =235= Bronze Cuckoo

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=238= Welcome Swallow =240= Tree Martin =242= Brown Flycatcher =244= Scarlet-breasted Robin =244^A= Scarlet-breasted Robin (Female) =245= Flame-breasted Robin =245^A= Ditto (Female) =248= Red Capped Robin =248^A= Red Capped Robin (Female)

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=200* Crimson Parrot=, Crimson Rosella, Pennant Parrakeet, Red Lory (e), Mountain Lowry (e), _Platycercus elegans_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A.

Stat. v.c. _timber_, _open_ 13.5

Head, neck, under, rump rich deep crimson; feathers of back black, edged crimson; cheeks, shoulders blue; tail tipped pale-blue; f., sim.; young all green at first. Grass, seeds, insects, caterpillars.

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=201 Yellow Parrot=, Yellow Rosella, Murray Smoker (e), Swamp Lory (e), Yellow-rumped Parrakeet, _P. flaveolus_, N.S.W., V., S.A. (interior).

Stat. v.r. _lofty river gums_ 13.5

"Exceedingly lovely bird, a harmony in blue and canary yellow;" upper under canary-yellow; back feathers black edged pale-yellow; wing blue; tip quills dark-brown; tail tipped light blue and white; forehead crimson; cheeks blue; f., duller. Seeds.

=202* Rosella=, Rosehill Parrakeet, Nonpareil Parrot, _P. eximius_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., T.

Stat. v.c. _open timber_ 12.5

Crown, hind-neck, chest, under base tail scarlet; cheeks white; back feathers black edged rich yellow; rump, upper base tail, lower abdomen pale-green; centre-abdomen yellow; shoulders blue; tail tipped pale blue; f., young sim.

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=203* Mallee Parrot= (Scrub), Barnard Parrakeet, Ring-neck, Bulla-Bulla, _Barnardius barnardi_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A. (interior).

Stat. c. _mallee scrub_, _water courses_ 13

Crown, chest, abdomen, rump rich-green; yellow band on hind-neck; forehead red; back bluish-gray; centre-abdomen orange; wing-quills black; shoulder blue; centre tail feathers green becoming deep iridescent blue at tip; side tail deep blue at base becoming bluish white at tip; bill horn color; f., sim. Seeds.

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=204* Blue-Bonnet=, Bulloak Parrot, Yellow-vented Parrakeet, _Psephotus zanthorrhous_, N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A. (inland).

c. _mallee-scrub_, _plains_ 12.5

Forehead, face blue; crown, upper, chest yellowish-gray; rump, under base tail, abdomen deep yellow, about legs scarlet; edge shoulder, patch on wing blue; wing-quills blackish-brown; f., duller. Seeds.

=205* Many-colored Parrot= (Varied, Mulga), _P. multicolor_, N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A., N.W.A. (inland).

Stat. c. _plains_ 12

Head, neck, chest, back green; rump little red; abdomen, thighs scarlet; forehead, shoulder, under base tail yellow; f., brick red patch on shoulder, duller. Grass-seeds.

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=206* Red-backed Parrot= (Grass, Red-rumped, Ground), _P. haematonotus_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A.

Large flocks, v.c. _grass_ 11

Green; lower-back scarlet; tip-shoulder outer wing-quills blue; centre-shoulder, abdomen yellow; f., brownish-olive upper. Seeds.

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=207 Bourke Grass-Parrot= (Night, Pink-bellied), _Neophema bourkei_, N.S.W., V., S.A. (interior).

v.r. _plains_ 8.5

Upper olive-brown; under delicate brown tinged pink; forehead, shoulder, flanks, under tail blue; f., forehead not blue. Seeds.

=208 Blue-winged Grass-Parrot= (Blue-banded), _N. venusta_, N.S.W., V., S.A., T., King Is. [~208 _Neophema chrysostoma._]

Mig. r. _open timber_ 9

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_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A.

Mig. r. _grass_ 9

Forehead, patch shoulder, wing-quills blue; about eye rich-yellow; back golden-green; chest green; abdomen, side of tail yellow; f., duller. Seeds. Musical whistle.

=210 Orange-breasted Grass-Parrot= (Orange-bellied), _N. chrysogastra_, N.S.W., V., S.A., T.

Mig. r. _grass_ 9

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-Shouldered Grass-Parrot= (Chestnut-shouldered, Beautiful), _N. pulchella_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A.

Mig. c. _timber_ 8

Cheeks, shoulders rich metallic-blue; crown, hind-neck, upper, flanks bright olive-green; bright patch chestnut-red at insertion of wing; under rich-yellow, tail green tipped yellow; f., sim. Seeds.

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=212 Scarlet-chested Grass-Parrot= (Orange-throated, Splendid), _N. splendida_, N.S.W., V., S., W.A.

v.r. _scrub_ 8

Head, neck beautiful deep-blue; shoulder blue; breast scarlet; abdomen light-yellow; upper green; f., duller, breast green. Seeds.

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=213* Swift Parrot= (Red-shouldered), Swift-flying Lorikeet (e), _Euphema discolor_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., T. [~213 _Lathamus discolor._]

Mig. r. _flowering eucalypts_ 9.5

Green; forehead, throat, tip-shoulder, base tail above below, under-wing red; crown, edge wing blue; f., smaller, duller. Honey.

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=214* Warbling Grass-Parrot= (Shell-, Canary-, Zebra-), Betcherrygah, Budgerigar, Love-Bird (Flight-), _Melopsittacus undulatus_, A. (int.).

Mig. flocks c. _timber_ 7.5

Head, throat yellow; under, rump green; upper green finely barred black; several dark spots on throat; f., smaller. Grass-seeds.

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=215 Ground Parrot= (Swamp), _Pezoporus terrestris_, V., S.A. W.A., T., Bass St. Is.

v.r. u. _sandy_, _swampy_ 13

Green uniformly barred black yellow; forehead scarlet; tail long; never perches; f., sim. Seeds.

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=216 Night Parrot= (Spinifex), Western Ground Parrakeet, _Geopsittacus occidentalis_, V., S.A., C.A., W.A., N.W.A.

v.r. u. _swampy_ 10

Like 215, but forehead not red; under base short tail yellow.

F. 77. _Stringopidae_, Owl-Parrot, 2 sp. A. (N.Z.).

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Australia is well represented in Order XVIII.--Picarian Birds. The Tawny Frogmouth is one of "the most peculiar," and is the "ugliest of birds." On account of its wide mouth, it is called the Frogmouth, and on account of the confusion connecting it with the Boobook Owl, which calls "Mopoke," this bird is also called the "Mopoke" (see p. 85). It so closely mimics a broken branch during the day that it is seldom seen, though it is fairly common.

Gould bears eloquent testimony to the value of Australian birds in general, and the _Podargus_ in particular, when he says: "In no other country is there a greater proportion of insectivorous birds, and certainly none in which nocturnal species such as the Podargi are more numerous."

The Australian Roller (Dollar-Bird) has the family beauty, and has a white circular patch on each wing, which shows clearly when the wing is expanded during flight. At the Tallangatta excursion a pair was working even after dusk near the schoolground. Flying from the topmost dead branch, one bird suddenly closed its wings, and cut queer antics in the air. After flying a considerable distance, it returned to its former perch, and the mate set off. On the return of the mate the first set off again, and so on. With their disagreeable, rough "treek treek," and peculiar antics, they are conspicuous birds. It is our one representative of a family most strongly developed in Africa.

While Kingfishers are cosmopolitan (world-wide in distribution), yet the Australian region contains far more of these beautiful birds than any other region. They are famous in legend and story, and we owe to them the expression, "halcyon days" (Gr. _alkuon_, a Kingfisher).

The great terrestrial Kingfishers, of which Australia has three species--the fourth being confined to New Guinea--are amongst the avine curiosities of Australia. Few birds are more famous than the Laughing Kingfisher (Jackass), first, on account of his gigantic size--hence his specific name, _gigas_--and, secondly, because of his laugh, which brightens many a gloomy, misty day in lonely country districts. Homesick travellers from foreign lands could only hear evil spirits laughing at their trials and loneliness, but, just as mountains, once thought ugly, are now considered beautiful, so other thoughts are now associated with the laugh of our remarkable Australian Kingfisher.

True to the law of representatives, Australia presents us with a beautiful representative of the Old World family of Bee-eaters. A writer has well said that there are "few so beautiful, and none so graceful." Its scientific name, _ornatus_, shows that our bird stands well amongst its fellows. One kind occasionally visits England (about thirty records in the last hundred years).

In the same order come the Goatsuckers, or Nightjars, wide-mouthed, swift-flying, insectivorous birds, which have an almost cosmopolitan range, being absent only from New Zealand and the Polynesian Islands. These Owl-like birds have very long wings, thus indicating their rapid flight. They are very valuable insect destroyers, though they are sometimes called "Night Hawks," and are shot by people who foolishly shoot hawks. Many destructive insects fly only at night, and these night-flying birds are a necessity to maintain the balance of Nature.

Swifts are cosmopolitan birds. One Swiftlet is world-famous on account of its saliva-built nest, which is the edible swallows' nest we used to read about. This bird occasionally visits Queensland. Two of the Australian birds breed in Japan. They are essentially creatures of the air; their long, pointed wings, shown much longer than the tail, indicate great speed. Gould said that a Swift might be hawking for insects over Victoria one hour, and over Tasmania the next hour; that is, it can cross Bass Strait in an hour. The spines at the end of the short tail feathers are thought to assist as a prop when the bird settles on a wall or a cliff face. In some Swifts the four toes point forward; this helps also in cliff clinging. Though so common in the upper air, Swifts have not, in Victoria, been recorded as having been seen to alight.

Most birds have hollow bones which are filled with air. It was claimed by those who like to find a use for everything that this was an obvious adaptation for purposes of flight, but when one reflects that, in some of the Ostrich and Emu group, the members of which never fly, the bones are strongly "pneumatic," while in Terns and Swifts, and some other flying birds, the bones are solid, one must hesitate before generalizing even about such an apparently obvious matter. Swifts are in no way related to Swallows, but are close to Humming Birds, which are born with a wide, Swift-like mouth.

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ORDER XVIII.--CORACIIFORMES, PICARIAN BIRDS.

F. 78. _Steatornithidae_, Oil-Bird, Guacharo, 1 sp. Nl.

F. 79. PODARGIDAE (6), FROGMOUTHS, 32 sp.--20(20)A., 12(12)O.

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=217 Tawny Frogmouth= (Tawny-shouldered), Mopoke (e), _Podargus strigoides_, A.T.

Stat. c. _open forest_ 18

Upper brown freckled grayish-white and darker-brown; wings lighter, spotted black and buff; tawny patch on wing; tail tawny-brown barred blackish-brown; wide bill brown; nocturnal; f., sim. Insects. "Oom, oom."

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=218 Owlet Nightjar= (Little), Banded Goatsucker (e), Moth Owl (e), _AEgotheles novae-hollandiae_, A., T.

Stat. r. _timber_ 8.5

Blackish-gray; tail faintly banded; obscure collar; short, wide bill; bristles round bill; nocturnal; f., sim. Insects, mosquitoes, moths.

F. 80. _Leptosomatidae_, Kirombos, Madagascar Rollers, 2 sp. E.

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F. 81. CORACIIDAE (1), ROLLERS, 32 sp.--5(5)A., 6(3)O., 3(0)P., 22(21)E.

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=219* Australian Roller=, Dollar (Star) Bird, _Eurystomus pacificus_, Cel., Mol., A. exc. S.A., W.A., Lord Howe Is., N.Z.

Mig. r. _timber_ 12

Head, upper dark-brown; inner-wing bluish, outer-wing dark-blue with a silvery-blue patch (dollar); throat dark-blue; eyelash, wide curved bill, feet red; many shades of blue and green; abdomen light-green; f., sim. Insects.

F. 82. ALCEDINIDAE (14), KINGFISHERS, 200 sp.--112(105)A., 52(44)O., 5(0)P., 31(30)E., 3(0)Nc., 11(8)Nl.

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=220* Blue Kingfisher= (Azure, Water, River), _Alcyone azurea_, E.A., S.A., T.

Mig. r. _water_ 8

Upper ultramarine-blue; behind ear yellowish-white patch; wings black; throat whitish; under rusty-orange; bill black; f., sim. Fish, insects.

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=221* Laughing Kingfisher= (Great Brown, Giant), Laughing Jackass, Bushman's (Settler's) Clock, Kookaburra, _Dacelo gigas_, E.A., S.A.

Stat. v.c. _timber_ 17.5

Upper, line from bill past eye brown; side-head, under whitish; blue, white spots on wing; tail barred brown, black, tipped white; f., sim. Lizards, insects, snakes.

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=222 Red-backed Kingfisher= (Golden), _Halcyon pyrrhopygius_, A. (interior).

r. _open country_ 8

Back, rump reddish-brown; collar, under white; crown dull-green streaked white; dark band from bill through eye round back of head; wings, tail bluish; f., sim. Fish, insects.

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=223* Sacred Kingfisher= (Wood, Forest, Tree), _H. sanctus_, Cel., Java to A., T., N. Heb.

Mig. c. _timber_, _near water_ 8

Head, upper greenish-blue; whitish collar; buffy-white under; bill long black; f., sim. Insects, ants, lizards, fish.

F. 83. _Bucerotidae_, Hornbills, 71 sp.--4(4)A., 33(33)O., 34(34)E.

F. 84. _Upupidae_, Hoopoes, 6 sp.--2(1)O., 2(0)P., 4(3)E.

F. 85. _Irrisoridae_, Wood-Hoopoes, 12 sp. E.

F. 86. MEROPIDAE (1), BEE-EATERS, 41 sp.--5(4)A., 10(6)O., 2(0)P., 30(27)E.

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=224* Australian Bee-eater=, Rainbow Bird, Sandpiper (e), Kingfisher (e), Spinetail, Pintail, _Merops ornatus_, Cel., Lesser Sunda Is., Mol., A.

Mig. c. _open forests_ 10

Crown, back, inner-wing brownish-green; wing-quills orange-brown, tipped black; band on throat blackish; line below eye, lower-back blue; throat orange; tail black; two tail feathers longer; curved bill black: f., sim. Insects, very rarely bees.

F. 87. _Momotidae_, Motmots, 24 sp. Nl.

F. 88. _Todidae_, Todies, 7 sp. Nl. (West Indies).

F. 89. CAPRIMULGIDAE (3), NIGHTJARS, GOATSUCKERS, 124 sp.--11(8)A., 22(17)O., 10(4)P., 30(26)E., 11(5)Nc., 57(51)Nl.

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=225 White-throated Nightjar=, Night Hawk (e), Moth (Fern) Owl, _Eurostopus albigularis_, N.G., E.A., S.A. [~225 _Eurostopodus albigularis._]

Stat. r. _open forest_ 13

Upper mottled, striped gray, brown; head darker; wings dark-brown marked gray, spotted buff, with white patch (see figure); white patch side of throat; under buff marked dark-brown; f., sim. Insects. Valuable nocturnal birds.

=226 Spotted Nightjar=, _E. argus_., Aru Is., New Ireland, A.

Stat. r. _open forest_ 12

Like 225, but uniform rusty-brown abdomen and under base tail; f., sim. Insects. Valuable, nocturnal.

F. 90. _Macropterygidae_, Tree-Swifts, 7 sp.--3(3)A., 4(4)O.

F. 91. CYPSELIDAE (4), SWIFTS, 103 sp.--11(7)A., 33(24)O., 9(1)P., 28(22)E., 4(0)Nc., 30(26)Nl.

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=227* Spine-tailed Swift=, _Chactura caudacuta_, Sib., Jap., China, to A., T., N.Z.

Mig. c. _upper air_ 7.5

Throat, forehead, back edge wing, flanks, under base tail white; wings, tail deep shining-green; under, back grayish-brown; short tail ends in spines; f. smaller. Flying insects.

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=228 White-rumped Swift= (Australian), _Cypselus pacificus_, E. Sib., Jap., Indo-China to A., T., N.Z. [~228 _Apus pacificus._]

Mig. r. _upper air_ 7

Upper brownish-black; rump, throat white; under brown; long forked tail; indistinct collar; f., sim. Flying insects.

F. 92. _Trochilidae_, Humming-Birds, 581 sp.--18 (5) Nc., 576(563)Nl.

F. 93. _Coliidae_, Mouse-Birds, 14 sp. E.