228 List of the Birds of New Zealand 



58. Platycercus pacificus, Vig. Zool. Journ. i. p. 529. 

 Pacific Parrot, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 252. 

 Psittacus pacificus, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 329. 

 Cyanoramphus nova zealandiae, Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 



1854, p. 153. 

 Platycercus novce zealandia, Ellman, Zool. 1861, p. 7467. 

 'Kakiriki/ 'Powaitere,' 'Po-e-tere,' 'Kakariki,' of the natives. 

 Hab. South Island, N.Z.; Chatham Island. 



59. Platycercus rayneri^ G. R. Gr., sp. nov. 



Upper surface green ; front and vertex crimson ; spot on the 

 ear-coverts slightly indicated by obscure crimson; quills fuscous 

 black, with the outer web of each feather light purplish blue, 

 slightly margined with green, and narrowly edged with yellow; 

 tail-feathers beneath fuscous black, with the ends and inner 

 margins of the outer feathers yellow-brown. 



Hab. Norfolk Island {Mr. Rayner,R.N.). 



This species is easily distinguished from the New Zealand 

 bird (P. pacificus), which has the upper surface dull green ; 

 the front, vertex, and spot on the ear-coverts carmine; quills 

 fuscous black, with the outer web of each feather purplish blue, 

 margined with green, and narrowly edged with yellow; and the 

 outer tail-feathers beneath yellowish brown. The corresponding 

 bird from Macquarie's Island (P. erythrotis) also diflfers, as it is 

 of a general yellowish-green colour ; the front, vertex, and spot 

 on the ear-coverts are crimson ; the quills fuscous black, with the 

 outer web of the first three feathers blue, margined with green, 

 edged with yellow; the rest of the quills have the outer webs 

 yellowish green, edged with yellow; the under surface of the 

 tail-feathers is entirely of a yellowish brown. 



60. Platycercus erythrotis, Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 526. 

 Platycercus pacificus, p., Vig. Zool. Journ. i. p. 529. 

 Cyanoramphus erythrotis, Pr. B. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 153. 

 Platycercus pacificus, Bourj. Perr. t. 36. 



Hab. Macquarie's Island. 



'61. Platycercus cookii, G. R. Gr. List of Psitt. B. M. p. 13. 

 Hab. New Zealand. 



