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Ground P.-- Pezoporus formosus, Lath.
Mallee P.-- Platycercus barnardi, Vig. and Hors.
Many-coloured P.-- Psephotus multicolor, Temm.
Night P.-- Pezoporus occidentalis, Gould.
Pale-headed P:-- Platycercus pallidiceps, Vig.
Pheasant P.-- P. adelaidensis, Gould.
Red-backed P.-- Psephotus haematonotus, Gould.
Red-capped P.-- P. spurius, Kuhl.
Rock P.-- Euphema petrophila, Gould.
s.m.u.tty P.-- Platycercus browni, Temm.
Yellow P.-- P. flaveolus, Gould.
Yellow-banded P.
P. zonarius, Shaw.
Yellow-cheeked P.
P. icterotis, Temm.
Yellow-collared P.-- P. semitorquatus, Quoy and Gaim.; called also Twenty-eight (q.v.).
Yellow-mantled P.-- P. splendidus, Gould.
Yellow-vented P.-- Psephotus xanthorrhous, Gould.
See also Gra.s.s-Parrakeet, Musk-Parrakeet, Rosella, and Rosehill. The New Zealand Green Parrakeet (called also Kakariki, q.v.) has the following species--
Antipodes Island P.- Platycercus unicolor, Vig.
Orange-fronted P.-- P. alpinus, Buller.
Red-fronted P.-- P. novae-zelandiae, Sparrm.
Rowley's Parrakeet-- Platycercus rowleyi, Buller.
Yellow-fronted P.-- P. auriceps, Kuhl.
1847. L. Leichhardt, `Journal,' p. 80:
"The c.o.c.katoo-parrakeet of the Gwyder River (Nymphicus Novae-Hollandiae, Gould)."
1867. A. G. Middleton, `Earnest,' p. 93:
"The bright parroquet, and the crow, black jet, For covert, wing far to the shade."
1889. Prof. Parker, `Catalogue of New Zealand Exhibition,'
p. 118:
"There are three species of parrakeet, the red-fronted (Platycercus Novae-Zelandiae), the yellow-fronted (P. auriceps), and the orange-fronted (P. alpinus).
The genus Platycercus is found in New Zealand, New Guinea, and Polynesia."
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. Parsley grows wild in many parts of the world, especially on the sh.o.r.es of the Mediterranean, and this species is not endemic in Australia.
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1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 142:
"Recently (Dec. 1887) the sudden death of numbers of cattle in the vicinity of Dandenong, Victoria, was attributed to their having eaten a plant known as the wild parsnip... . Its action is so powerful that no remedial measures seem to be of any avail."
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1855. Rev. R. Taylor, `Te Ika a Maui,' p. 401:
"Cook named this beautiful and lively bird the parson and mocking-bird. It acquired the first name from its having two remarkable white feathers on the neck like a pair of clergyman's bands."
[Mr. Taylor is not correct. Cook called it the Poe-bird (q.v.). The name `Parson-bird' is later.]
1857. C. Hursthouse, `New Zealand the Britain of the South,'
vol. i. p. 118:
"The most common, and certainly the most facetious, individual of the ornithology is the tui (parson-bird). Joyous Punchinello of the bush, he is perpetual fun in motion."
1858. C. W., `Song of the Squatters,' `Canterbury Rhymes'
(2nd edit.), p. 47:
"So the parson-bird, the tui, The white-banded songster tui, In the morning wakes the woodlands With his customary music.
Then the other tuis round him Clear their throats and sing in concert, All the parson-birds together."
1866. Lady Barker, `Station Life in New Zealand,' p. 93:
"The tui, or parson-bird, most respectable and clerical-looking in its glossy black suit, with a singularly trim and dapper air, and white wattles of very slender feathers--indeed they are as fine as hair--curled coquettishly at each side of his throat, exactly like bands."
1888. Dr. Thomson, apud Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' vol.