Australian Birds in the Collection of the Linnean Society. 291 
Psittacus capistratus. Bechst. Kuhl, Nova Asta e vol. 10. 
o= p.35. no. 44. | 
Perruche à face bleue. Le Vaill. Hist. des Doni. ap ar. 
3. Rusritorauis. Tri. viridis, capite genis guláque cæruleis, 
pectore tectricibus inferioribus. torqueque nuchali aurantio- 
coccineis, hoc azureo-variegato, maculá  abdominali azureo- 
| viridi, fascid remigum subtus abdomineque. infimo. flavis. 
Caput totum cæruleo-splendens. Torquis nuchalis plumæ coc- 
cineæ, ad apicem azureo-marginatæ. . Remigum pogonia 
intérna fusca, maculá longâ longitudinali marginata. Fe- 
morum caudeque tectrices flavæ, viridi varie. Rectrices 
virides, subtus flavescenti-virides, pogoniis internis, mediis 
exceptis, ad basin flavo-marginatis. Longitudo corporis, 
9.2, ; mandibule superioris ad rictum, 4, inferioris, 13; ale 
a carpo ad remigem primam, 547, ; tarsi, 34; digiti antici 
externi, ungue incluso, 1j. 
This species approaches very nearly to the two preceding ; 
but it may at once be distinguished from them by the colour of 
the nuchal collar, which is scarlet, with the feathers margined 
by deep blue. The colour of the head is of a paler azure, and 
that of the breast and inner wing-coverts is more of an orange 
and less of a scarlet than in Trich. hematodus. 
4. Maront. Lath. MSS.* Tri. viridis, pectore abdomine nu- 
cháque flavo coccineoque variis, tectricibus inferioribus fas- 
ciáque remigum subtus coccineis. — 
* "There is a species described by M. Kuhl in his Monograph on this family (Psitt. 
chlorolepidotus, p. 48. no. 75-), which he refers to as being in the Linnean Society's 
collection, and which bears some resemblance in characters to the present species. 
The description, however, is not sufficiently accordant with our bird to lead us at once 
to conclude that it is intended for it. The species described above is extremely com- 
mon, and in every extensive collection. 
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