66 LORIID.E. 



Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 62 (1859); Schleg. Mus. P.-B. 

 Psittaci, p. Ill (1864) ; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 96 (1865) ; 

 Ramsay, Ibis, 1865, p. 305; Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 847 (1868); 

 G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 155, n. 8217 (1870) ; Schleg. Mus. P.- 

 B. Psittaci, Revue, p. 49 (1874); Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 656 

 (1877) ; Diggl. Syn. B. Austr. ii. pi. 86. f. 1 (1877) ; Broadb. Pr. 

 R. Soc. Queensl. iv. p. 27 (1877) ; Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. 

 W. ii. p. 195, n. 506 (1878) ; Rchnw. Vogelbild. t. viii. f. 3 (1878 

 -83); id. Journ.f. Orn. 1881, p. 156 [Consp. Psitt. p. 92) ; Salv. 

 Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. p. 455 (1882) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. 

 p. 320 (1883) ; Sharpe, Report ' Alert,' p. 25 (1884) ; Broadb. Pr. 

 R. Soc. Queensl. (2) ii. p. 124 (1885) ; North, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. 

 W. (2) ii. p. 986 (1887), iii. p. 1777 (1888) ; Ramsay, Tab. List, 

 p. 17, n. 520 (1888) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 74 (1889) ; North. 

 Descr. Cat. Nests # Eggs, p. 267 (1889). 

 Australasia viridis, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 210 (1831) ; id. Compl. de 

 Buff., Ois. ix. p. 226 (1837); id. op. cit. 2nd ed. p. 612 (1838); 

 Pucher. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1853, p. 159; Hartl. Journ.f. Orn. 

 1855, p. 422. 



Adult. Green ; on the crown a bluish-green tinge ; the feathers 

 of the interscapular region, throat, and breast yellow, margined at 

 the tip with a crescent of green ; on the throat and on the sides 

 some feathers have the yellow base tinged with red ; axillaries, 

 under wing-coverts, and the inner webs of the quills towards the 

 base red ; tail beneath ochre-yellow : bill red, inclining to orange 

 at the tip ; cere and orbits olive ; feet lead-colour (?) ; iris scarlet, 

 with a circle of buff round the pupil, in some specimens buffy 

 yellow. Total length 10 inches, wing 5-50, tail 4-20, bill 0-70, 

 tarsus 0"50. 



Hah. Australia, from Rockingham Bay, through the Interior, to 

 Southern Australia. 



«. Ad. st. Australia. Linnean Society. 



(Type of T. matoni.) 



b. Ad. sk. Australia. Gould Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Somerset, Cape York (?) (/. E. Tweeddale Coll. 



Cocker ell). 



d. Ad. sk. Clarence River. Tweeddale Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Queensland. Tweeddale Coll. 



/, g. Ad. sk. N.E. Queensland (Covin $ Grant). Sydney Museum [P.]. 



h. 2 ad. sk. Port Curtis, Queensland, April. H.M.S. 'Alert.' 



i. Ad. sk. Queensland (E. Waller). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



k, I. Ad. sk. Australia (J. T. Cockerell). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



9. PTILOSCLERA. 



Type. 

 Ptilosclera, Bp. Compt. Rend. xliv. p. 597, gen. 66 (1857); 



G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 59 (1859) P. versicolor. 



1. Ptilosclera versicolor. 



Trichoglossus versicolor, Vig. in Lear's III. Parr. pi. 36 (1832) ; Selb. 

 Nat. Libr. vi. p. 157, pi. 21 (pessima) (1836) ; Gould, B. Austr. 

 v. pi. 51 (pt. ix., 1842) ; G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 411, n. 9 (1846) ; 

 Gould in Toy. Beag. i. App. p. 481 (1846) ; Leich. Journ. Overl. 

 Exp. to PortEssington, p. 441 (1847) ; Rchnb. Vbg. Neuholl. n. 173 

 (1850) ; Jacq. et Pucher. Voy. Pole Sud, Zool. iii. p. 102 (1853) ; 



