( 214 ■) 

 111. Psephotus dissimilis ? ? 



Psephotns dhsimilh Collett, P.Z.S. 1898. p. 356 (Mary RiTer, Arnhem Land}. 



(??. Nellie Creek, Northern Territory. 0. ii. 1003 (Xos. 1093, 1094). "Iris 

 brown, legs greyish. On granite hills, not nnmerons." 



These two valuable specimens agree witli Prol'essor Collett's description, 

 except that the crown of the male is tlark brown, not at all chestnnt, and that 

 the verditer blue does not meet in a ring across the nape. The description of 

 the frmolfi agrees perfectly. It is not P. r/in/so///,'rnjji/ff/i/s Gonld, because it 

 jacks the 3TII0W band across the forehead. 



11-'. Melopsittacus undulatus (Shaw). 



Pi,7«((d/s iimhiliitiiM Shaw, Xnl. .^fi.^r. xvi. pi. OTo (1789— 181 :i). 



? ad.. Soda Spring, Kimberley, 24. iv. 190-.'. " Iris white ; feet and bill 

 bluish " (No. R. 486). 



113. Eurystomus orientalis australis. 



? juv., Enreka, Northern Territory, 23. ii. 1903 (No. 1090). 

 ?, Fitzroy River, Kimberley, 11. xi. 1901 (No. R. 280). 

 (?, Derby, 8. iv. 1902 (No. R. .513). 



3 cJ(?, 2 ? ?, Sonth Alligator River, Septemlior, October and November 1902 

 (Nos. 1702 to 1706). 



114. Alcyone azurea pulchra (Gould). 



Alcijoiie jjiilchiYi Gould, P.Z.S. 184fi. p. Ul (Port Essington). 



?, Mary River, Northern Territory, 12. ix. 1902 (No. 771). 



?," The Brook," fifteen miles from Ord Station, 19. v. 1902 (No. R. 451). 

 " Iris brown, feet pink, bill black." 



2 cJc?, South Alligator River, October, November 1902 (Nos. 768, 769). One 

 without label. 



11.5. Dacelo leachii cervina Gould. 



[Dacelo leachii Vigors & Horsfield, Trans. Lin/i. Soc. Loml xv. p. 20u (1827 : ex Latham MS. 



"East coast o£ Australia").] 

 Dacelo cervina Gould, D. Australia, ii. pi. 20 (1844: "Northern and Xorth-western portions 



of Australia "). 



This form of D. leacliii, though easily recognisable if a series is compared, 

 cannot always be separated if single specimens are picked oat. The distribution 

 is by no means clear! It can only be a geographical rejircsentative (= subspecies), 

 and probably replaces ]). I. Irachii in the more western jiortions of North Australia 

 and in West Australia. Examples from the Gulf of Carpentaria and Cape York 

 seem to be sometimes intermediate. 



Mr. Tunney collected the following specimens : — 



? , Condon Road, 15. v. 1901 (No. R. 2). 



S, Ord River, W. Australia, 17. vi. 1902 (No. R. 560). 



(?, Soda Springs, Hall's Creek Road, 23. iv. 1902 (No. R. 453). 



(J, 240 miles post, Hall's Creek Road, 22. iv. 19o2 (Xo. R. 4.52). 



