2 2 Campbell, Dichotonious Key. 



273. Bill red or orange ; no red band on forehead . . . . . . 274 



Bill black ; forehead red. Glossopsittacus. 277 



274. General colour green . . . . . . . . . . 275 



Head blue ; chest red. Trichoglossus. 276 



275. Feathers of under surface with yellow shaft streaks (male) or plain 



(female). Ptilosclera versicolor (Varied Lorikeet). 



Feathers of under surface yellow with green edges. 



Psitteiiteles chlorolepidotus (Scaly-breasted Lorikeet). 



276. Abdomen blue ; band on nape of neck greenish. 



T. novcB-hollandice (Blue-bellied Lorikeet). 

 Abdomen olive-green ; band on nape of neck reddish. 



T. rubritorquis (Red-collared Lorikeet). 



277. Crown purple. G. porplivrocephalus (Purple-crowned Lorikeet). 

 Crown green like back . . . . . . . . . . 278 



278. Length about 8.6 inches. G. concinniis (Musk Lorikeet). 

 Length about 6.4 inches. G. pusillus (Little Lorikeet). 



279. Forehead feathers red, tipped green ; middle ones bluish ; wing 



3.9 inches. C. coxeni (Blue-faced Lorilet). 



Forehead feathers all red ; wing 3.5 inches. 



C. maccoyi (Red-faced Lorilet). 



280. Back uniform in colour ; bill sometimes red . . . . . . 281 



Back not uniform in colour ; bill never red . . . . . . 305 



281. Total length 13 inches and more ; bill always red . . . . 282 

 Total length less than 13 inches ; bill not red . . . . . . 291 



282. Head uniform in colour . . . . . . . . . . 283 



Head not uniform in colour . . . . . . . . 285 



283. Length about 16 inches ; tail mostly black . . . . . . 284 



Length about 13 inches ; tail green. 



Ptistes erythropterns (Red- winged Lory). 



284. Head scarlet (male) or dark green (female). 



Aprosmictus cyanopygius (King Lory). 

 Head yellow (male) or olive-green (female). 



Polytelis melanura (Black-tailed Parrakeet). 



285. With yellow collar or red cap or under tail coverts red . . . . 286 

 No yellow collar, no red cap, under tail coverts not red. Polytelis. 290 



286. Crown maroon-red (male), under tail coverts only, red (female) ; 



abdomen violet-blue. 



Porphyrocephalns spiiriiis (Red-capped Parrakeet). 

 Crown green or brownish black. Barxardius. 287 



287. Forehead red ; abdomen green mostly . . . . . . 288 



Forehead not red or only slightly touched ; abdomen all yellow . . 289 



288. Crown green (brownish in female) ; rump light green. 



B. barnardi (Mallee Parrakeet). 



[Platycercus macgillivrayi (Macgillivray Parrakeet) has cheeks and 



ring round eye all blue, lesser wing coverts light blue, like 



shoulder, collar and broad band on lower breast and abdomen 



clear yellow, and forehead not red.] 



Crown brownish-black : rump not lighter than back. 



B. semitorqiiatiis (Yellow-collared Parrakeet). 



289. Cheeks dark blue ; black band on neck below collar. 



B. zonariiis (Yellow-banded Parrakeet). 



