520 NOTES ON THE RED-CROWNED PARRAKEET OF NORFOLK ISLAND, 



A 1 ad. S sk. (measurements taken in the flesh), Norfolk Island, Oct. 

 3rd, 1S93 (Dr. P. H. Metcalfe). 



A 2 ad. ? sk. (measurements taken in the flesh), Norfolk Island, Oct. 

 3rd, 1893 (Dr. P. H. Metcalfe). 



A 3 ad. (?, mounted, " Old Coll.," Australian Museum, labelled '' Platy- 

 cercus, New Zealand." 



A 4 ad. $, mounted, "Old Coll.," Australian Museum, labelled " Plafy- 

 cercus, New Zealand." 



Measurements of Cyanorham^yhus novce-zealandice : — 



Al ad. (^ sk., Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand, Feb., 1893 (A. 

 Lehmert). 



A 2 ad. (? sk., Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand, Feb., 1893 (A. 

 Lehmert). 



A3 ad. ? sk., Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand, Feb., 1893 (A. 

 Lehmert). 



A 4 ad. 5 sk., Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand, Feb., 1893 (A. 

 Lehmert). 



In answer to Count Salvaclori's expressed wish that Australian 

 and New Zealandian naturalists should collect specimens of the 

 genus Cyanorhamphus from the different islands, I can assure 

 him as regards Lord Howe Island it has been diligently searched 

 at various times by such keen enthusiasts as Mr. George Masters 

 and Mr. J. A. Thorpe, but not a single specimen of GyanorhampJms 

 was ever obtained by them. At the time of the visit of the Aus- 

 tralian Museum party, Messrs. Etheridge, Whitelegge, and Thorpe, 

 in September, 1887, and who remained three weeks on the island, 

 they were informed by the inhabitants that this parrakeet had at 

 one time existed in large numbers, but had gradually disappeared 



