32. MUONITURUS. 415 



¥'. Crown and occiput violet (Steere). mindorensis, p. 419. 

 d 5 . Crown, forehead, and cheeks tinged 



with blue ; occiput and nape green, cyaneiceps 2 , p. 419. 



b'". Head entirely verditer-blue cyaneiceps J , p. 419. 



b. General colour above and below, including the 



head, yellow-green luconensis, p. 420. 



1. Prioniturus platiirus. 



Psittacus platurus, Temm. fide. VieUl. N. D. xxv. p. 314 (Nouvelle 

 Caledonie !) (1817); Kithl, Vonsp. Psitt. p. 43 (Nouvelle Cale- 

 donie !) (1820) : Vieill. Enc. Mith. iii. p. 13G7 (1823) ; G. P. Gr. 

 Cat. B. Prop. Id. p. 31 (1859). 



Racket-tailed Parrot, Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 107, pi. 24 (1822). 



Psittacus setarius, Temm. PI. Cut. 15 (Timor!) (1824.); Less. Man. 

 d'Orn. ii. p. 151 (Timor!, Philippines!) (1828) ; Voigt, Cud. Uebers. 

 ]). 730 (1831); Mull. <§• Schley. Verh. Land- en Volkenk.^. 90, 

 107, 182 (1839-44). 



Platycercus ? setarius, Steph. Gen. Zuol. xiv. 2, p. 124 (1826). 



Psittacus discurus, part., Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 201 (1831). 



Prioniturus platurus, Watjl. Man. Psitt. p. 523 (1832) ; G. P. Gr. 

 Gen. S. ii. p. 408 (syn. emend.) (1840); L'p. Consp. Av. i. p. 6 

 (1850) ; id. Mev. et May. de Zool. 1854, p. 153, n. 153 ; id. Nau- 

 mannia, 1856, Cons]). Psitt. n. 151 ; G. P. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. 

 Mus. j). 17 (1859; ; Wall. Ibis, 1860, p. 141; Posenb. Journ. f. 

 Orn. 1802, p. 00 ; id. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Lid. xxv. p. 139 (1803) ; 

 Soma, Mas. Xac. Lisboa, Psittaci, p. 15 (1869) ; G. P. Gr. Hand- 

 list, ii. p. 141, n. 8040 (1870) ; Sunder. Meth. not. Av. disp. Pent. 

 p. 09 (1872); Wald. Tr. Zool Soc. viii. p. 32 (1872); Salvad, 

 Ami. Mas. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 645 (1875) ; Briiyyem. Ahh. Brem. v. 

 p. 39 (Celebes, Sanghir) (1870) ; Koch, Yerz. Samml. T'oyelb. aus 

 Celebes u. Sanghir, Feb. 1876, p. 1 ; Lenz, Journ. f. Orn. 1877, 

 p. 362 ; ? Posenb. Malay. Arehip. p. 274 (1878) ; Meyer, Ibis, 1879, 

 pp. 49, 145 ; Pehnic. Vogelbild. t. xxvii. f. 5 ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 

 1881, p. 255 (Consp. Psitt, p. 143); Bias. Journ. f. Orn. 1883, 

 p. 134; Me>/er, Sitzb. u. Abh. Ges. Lsis, 1884, Abh. i. p. 6; 

 Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 543; Bias. Zeltschr. f. ges. Orn. 1885, 

 p. 212, h'gs. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 ; id. Oruis, iv. p. 559 (1888) ; Tristr. Cat. 

 Coll. B. p. 75 (1889). 



Psittacus spatuliger, mas, Bourj. Pen: pi. 53 (1837-38). 



Prioniturus wallacei, Gould, MS. ; 6'. P. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. 

 j). 18 (Makassar) (1859); Schleg. Dierent. p. 70 (with figure) 

 (1864); G. P. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 141, n. 8044 (1870). 



Prioniturus setarius, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1800, pp. 223, 226 ; Gould, B. of 

 Asia, vi. pi. 12 (pt. xiv., L862) ; Wall. P. Z. S. 1804, pp. 284, 293 j 

 Posenb. Malay. Arehip. p. 274 (1878). 



Eclectua platurus, Schleg. Mas. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 45 (1804); id. ov. 

 cit. Revue, p. 22 (Celebes, Siao, Eouton, Bouru) (1874) : Eosenb, 

 Z'-ol. Gart. 187S, p. 345. 



Pionias platurus, Piusch, Pa pay. ii. p. 395 (1868). 



Eclectos platyurus, Gieb. Thes. Orn. ii. p. 70 (1875). 



Adult. Sinciput, sides of the head, neck, and underparts green ; 

 the underparts, especially the under tail-coverts, with a yellowish 

 tinge ; a band across the vertex red ; occiput, bluish grey ; a golden- 

 yellow baud across the interscapular region ; back and scapulars 

 greenish grey ; uropygium and upper tail- coverts green ; upper 



