480 PSITTACID.E. 



Polytelis melanurus, Gould, Syn. B. Austr. pt. iv. pi. — . f . 1 ( — ?) ; 

 id. B. Austr. v. pi. 16 (pt. xviii., 1845) ; Rchnb. Neuentd. Vog. N. 

 Soil. n. 453 (1850) ; Bolle, Journ. f. Orn. 1856, p. 170 ; Gould, 

 Kandh. B. Austr. ii. p. 33 (1865) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 138, 

 n. 8006 (1870) ; Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 193, n. 465 

 (1878); Salvia, Cat. B. Strickl. CoU. p. 458 (1882); Sclat. List 

 Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 324 (1883) ; Ramsay, Tab. List, p. 16, n. 483 

 (1888) ; Trisfr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 75 (1889) ; Ramsay, Cat. Austr. 

 Birds, Psittaci, p. 42 (1891). 



Platycercus melanurus, G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 410, n. 16 (1846) ; 

 id. List. Psitt. Brit. Mas. p. 9 (1859) ; Homei/er, Journ. f. Orn. 

 1859, p. 360; Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 99 (1864) ; Finsch, 

 Papag. ii. p. 256 (1868) ; Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, Revue, 

 p. 40 (1874) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 218 (1877) ; Rchnw. Vogelbild. 

 t. iii. f. 6 (1878-83) ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 134 (Consp. Psitt. 

 p. 70). 



Psittacus rnelanurus, Thienem. Fortgfl. d. ges. Vog. p. 73 (1846). 



Barrabandius melanurus, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 2 (1850) ; id. Rev. et 

 Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 153, n. 183 ; Souance, Rev. et Mag. de 

 Zool. 1856, p. 212 ; Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 185. 



Polyteles melanurus, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 433 ; Gould, P. Z. S. 

 1863, p. 232 ; Finsch, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. i. Berigt. p. xi (1863). 



Adult male. Head, neck, shoulders, rump, and all the under surface 

 jonquil-yellow ; head, nape, and upper tail-coverts tinged with 

 olive ; interscapular region olive ; scapulars blackish ; a large patch 

 on the wing at the tip of the innermost greater wing-coverts red ; 

 also the innermost secondaries on their outer web near the tip red ; 

 quills black, deep purple-blue on the outer web, underneath brown ; 

 tail-feathers deep purple-blue, underneath black with the tip lighter : 

 " iris bright red ; bill scarlet; feet ash-grey " (Gould). Total length 

 about 16 inches, wing 7-5, tail 8-5, bill 0-8, tarsus 0-65. 



Female. Dull olive-green, back and scapulars darker ; rump and 

 upper tail-coverts olive, the longer upper tail-coverts duller ; breast 

 and abdomen olive, with a yellowish tinge ; a great patch on the 

 wing-coverts greenish yellow ; primaries, some of the secondaries, 

 bastard-wing, and primary- coverts deep blue, margined externally 

 with olive ; the innermost secondaries and the innermost greater 

 wing-coverts red towards their tips ; under wing- coverts yellowish 

 olive ; tail-feathers bluish green, black on the inner web and under- 

 neath, the three (sometimes all the five?) lateral tail-feathers 

 margined on their inner web and tipped with rosy red : " bill scarlet ; 

 feet ashy grey " (Gould). 



Hab. South Australia, from New South Wales to Western 

 Australia. 



a. Ad. st. Murray R., S. Australia. Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



h. Imm. sk. Murray P., S. Australia. Sir G. Grey [P.J. 



c, d. Ad. sk. S. Australia. Capt, Sturt [P.]. 



e, f, (/. Ad. sk. S.W. Australia (J. T. Cockerell). Salvin-Godrnan Coll. 



h. d ad. sk. Victoria. Hume Coll. 



i. Ad. sk. Adelaide, S. Australia. Purchased. 



k. Imm. sk. Australia. Tweeddale Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Gould Coll. 



m, n. Skeletons. Australia. 



