10. GLOSSOPSITTACtS. 



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Uartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1854, p. 1(55; Elsey, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 27; 



Zuchold, Journ. f. Orn. 1868, p. 89 ; Fimch, Papag. ii. p. 853 



(1868); Gieb. Thee. Orn. iii. p. (560 (1877); Rchnw. Journ. f. Orn. 



1881, p. 155 (Comp. Psitt. p. 91); Solvin, Cat. B. Strickl. ColL 



p. 466(1882) ; Rchnw. Vogelbild. t. xxx. f. 4 (1883) ; Tristr. Cat. 



Coll. B. p. 74(1889). 

 Conurus lori scintillatus, Bourj. Par. pi. 52 (1837-38). 

 Triehoglosse versicolor, Ilomhr. et Jacq. Voy. Pole Sud, Atlas, pi. 24 



bis, f. 1 (1845). 

 Psitteuteles versicolor, Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 157, n. 304; 



SouancS, Rev. et Maq. de Zool. 1856, p. 220 ; Bp. Naumannia, 



1850, Consp. Psitt. n.*319. 

 Coriphilus versicolor, G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mm. p. 59 (1859); 



Schleg. Dierent. p. 78 (1864); Fimch, Neu-Guin. p. 158 (1865). 

 Nanodes versicolor, Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 115 (1864) ; id. 



op. cit. Revue, p. 53 (1874). 

 Ptilosdera versicolor, Gould, Handb. B. Atistr. ii. p. 98 (1865) ; G. 



R. Gr. Hand-list. ii. p. 156, n. 8224 (1870); Masters, Pr. Linn. 



Soc. N. 8. W. ii. p. 274 (1877). 

 Trichoglossus (Ptilosclera) versicolor, Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. 

 ^ ii. p. 195, n. 507 (1878); id. Tab. List, p. 17, n. 521 (1888). 

 Neopsittacus versicolor, Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 519 (1882). 



Adult male. Green, with yellow-green streaks nearly all over the 

 body, more yellowish on the underside ; crown and lores red ; 

 ear-coverts and a band on the occiput yellowish green ; cheeks 

 and a collar on the nape bluish ; breast vinous red, brighter on 

 the sides ; quills underneath blackish ; inner web and underside 

 of the tail-feathers yellowish green : bill red, cere and naked space 

 round the eyes greenish white ; feet light ash-grey ; iris brown. 

 Total length S inches, wing 4/80, tail 3, bill 0-60, tarsus 0*45. 



Immature bird. Differs from the adult in being smaller, paler, 

 and in having the red on the crown confined to the forehead ; the 

 rest of the crown is greenish blue with yellow streaks. 



Young. Pale dull green, with scarcely any streaks ; the forehead 

 pale red. 



Hah. Northern and Western Australia. 



a, b. Ad. st. 

 c. $ f ad. sk. 

 d-h. (S 2 ad. et 



iuim. sk. 

 i, k. Ad. sk. 

 /. Ad. sk. 

 »i,n. Ad.et imm. 



sk. 

 o, p. Ad. et juv. 



sk. 



Port Essington. 



Port Essington. 



Depot, NAV. Australia, 

 Dec. 1855. 



N.W. Australia. 



Australia. 



N . A u.-tralia (J. T. Cock- 

 erel/). 



Cape York (/. T. Cock- 

 er ell). 



Capt. W. Chambers [P.]. 

 Capt. O. Stanley [P.t 

 J. R. Elsey, Esq. [PJ. 



Capt. Bowyer Power [P.]. 

 Purchased. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



10. GL0SS0PSITTACUS. 



Type. 



Centrourus, G. R. Gr. ( nee *»'. ), List Gen. B. p. 51 (1840) (J. concinnus. 

 Glossopsitta. Bp. Eev, et Mug. <le Z'»d. 1854, p. 157. ... (I. concinnus. 

 Glossopsittacus, Sundev. Meth. Nat.Av. l)isj>. Tent. p. 71 

 (1872) O concinnus. 



Range. Australia, New Caledonia, and S.E. New Guinea. 



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