70 LOR1IDJ2. 



Centrourus australis, G. R. Gr. List Gen. B. p. 51 (1840). 

 Glossopsitta australis, Bp. Rev.et May. de Zool. 1854, p. 157, n. 308; 



SouancS, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1856, p. 226; Bp. Naumannia, 



1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 322 ; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 100 



(1865) ; Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 602 ; North, Descr. Cat. Nests 



§ Eggs, p. 268 (1889). 

 Coriphilus australis, Schley. Dierent. p. 77 (1864). 

 Nanodes australis, Schley. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 114 (1864) ; id. 



op. cit. Revue, p. 53 (1877). 

 Glossopsitta conciuna, G. R. Gr. Hand-l, ii. p. 156, n. 8226 (1870) ; 



Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 74 (1889). 

 Glossopsittacus concinnus, Sund. Meth. Nat. Av. Disp. Tent. p. 71 



(1872). 

 Trichoglossus (Glossopsitta) concinnus, Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. 



W. ii. p. 195, n. 508 (1878) ; id. Tab. List, p. 17, n. 522 (1888). 

 Glossopsitta concinnus, North, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) iii. 



p. 1778 (1888). 



Adult male. Green ; forehead, lores, and ear-coverts bright red ; 

 pileum more or less tinged with blue ; cheeks with narrow lines of 

 bright green ; hind neck and upper part of the back olive-brown ; 

 sides of the breast yellow ; inner webs of the lateral tail-feathers 

 yellowish, with the base red : " bill blackish brown, passing into 

 reddish orange at the tip ; " feet dark ; " iris buff, surrounded by a 

 narrow circle of yellow " (Gould). Total length 8 - 60 inches, wing 

 4-9, tail 3-50, bill 070, tarsus 0-51. 



Female. Similar to the male, but with much less blue on the head. 



Bab. Australia, from Eockingham Bay to S. Australia, and 

 Tasmania. 



4. Glossopsittacus porphyrocephalus. 



Psittacus purpureus, Dietrichsen (nee Mull., Gm., Less.), Philos. 



May. xi. p. 387 (1832) ; Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 747 (1832) ; Thienem. 



Fortpfly. d. yes. Vby. p. 74 (1846). 

 Trichoglossus porphyrocephalus, Dielr. Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. (part 4 ) 



p. 553 (1837 *) ; 'Gould, B. Austr. v. pi. 53 (pt. i., 1840) ; G. R. 



* The description was read March 20, 1832. 



