136 cacatuibj:. 



Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 84(1865); Ramsay, Ibis, 1866, p. 332; 



Sclat. P.Z.S. 1869, p. 627 (breeding); G. R. Gr. Sand-list, ii. 



p. 168, n. 8383 (1870) ; Garrod, P. Z. S. 1873, pp. 465, 634, 1874, 



p. 587, 1877, p. 297 ; Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 351 ; Sclat. List 



Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 315 (1883) ; Goodchild, P. Z. S. 1886, 



p. 190 ; Sutton, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 211 ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 73 



(1889). 

 Cacatua novas hollandiae, Schley. Jonrn.f. Orn. 1861, p. 380. 

 Callipsittacus novas hollandire, Finsch, Papay. i. p. 260 (1867) ; 



Sundev. Meth. nat. Av. disp. Tent. p. 69 (1872) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. 



p. 536 (1872) ; Rchniv. Voyelbild. t. xiv. f. 5 (1878-83) ; id. Joum. 



f. Orn. 1881, p. 38 (Consp. Psitt. p. 38). 

 Calopsittacus novae hollandise, Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. K. S. W. ii. 



p. 193, n. 463 (1878) ; Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 454 (1882) ; 



Ramsay, Tab. List, p. 16, n. 481 (1888) ; North, Descr. Cat. Nests 



§• Eyys Austr. Birds, p. 254 (1889); Rams. Cat. Austr. B., 



Psittaci, p. 12 (1891). 

 Calopsitta gi - eyi (errore), Rchm\ Joum. f. Orn. 1881, p. 38 (Consp. 



Psitt. p. 38) (in syn. C. nova; hollandice, 1. a). 



Adult male. Dark grey, the uropygium and the upper tail-coverts 

 much lighter ; forehead and checks lemon-yellow ; crest grey, with 

 the base of the feathers lemon-yellow ; ear-coverts reddish orange ; 

 small wing-coverts and primary-coverts dusky, nearly black ; a 

 large white patch covers the median and greater wing-coverts as 

 well as part of the secondaries ; four middle tail-feathers mealy 

 grey ; primaries and lateral tail-feathers slate-grey : iris dark 

 brown ; bill bluish lead-colour ; feet bluish grey. Total length 

 12*5 inches, wing 6 # 5, tail 6"6, bill 0*65, tarsus 0*6. 



Female. Paler than the male ; forehead and cheeks yellowish 

 grey ; lower abdomen and under tail-coverts with dark grey and 

 pale yellow bands ; lower back, upper tail-coverts, and four middle 

 tail-feathers grey, with irregular narrow whitish bands ; the lateral 

 tail-feathers darker, freckled and banded with yellow ; the outer 

 tail-feathers yellow, with black irregular bars on the inner web. 

 Same size as male. 



Hah. The whole of Australia, except North-eastern Queensland. 



a. Ad. st. Australia. J. E. Reeves [P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Australia. Purchased. 



c. d. cf 2 a d. sk. Australia, May, August. Sir T. Mitchell [P.]. 

 e,f. Ad. sk. Australia. Sir D. Cooper [P.]. 

 g-i. c? $ ad. sk. Australia (J. T. Cockerell). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 k-n. S 2 ad. sk. N.W. Australia, April. J. R. Elsey,Esq.[P.]. 

 o,p. cJad.sk. N.W.Australia. Capt. Bowyer Bower 



[P.]. 

 q. Ad. sk. N.W. Australia. Tweeddale Coll. 



r. S ad. sk. River Murray, Oct. Gould Coll. 



s. Ad. sk. Benke, R. Darling. Gould Coll. 



t, u. Ad. sk. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



v. w. Skeletons. 



