musk-parrakeet

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


an Australian parrakeet.See Parrakeet.

1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. v. pl. 5:

« Trichoglossus Concinnus, Vig. and Horsf.( Australis, Wagl.), Musky-Parrakeet;Musk-Parrakeet, Colonists of New South Wales,from the peculiar odour of the bird.»

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