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37. PTISTES. 



Type. 

 Ptistes, Gould, llandb. B. Austr. ii. p. ^7 (1865) . . P. erythropterus. 



Range. Australia and Timor Group. 



Key to the Species. 



Upper tail-coverta yellowish green ; tail grass- 

 green, tipped with yellow-green ; rump blue. 

 «. Rump deeper blue ; interscapular region 

 black, a broad red patch on the upper wing- 

 coverts (male) ; interscapular region green, 

 tail-feathers edged with rose-colour on the 



inner web (female) erythropterus, p. 481. 



b. Rump paler blue; interscapular region green; 

 only the anterior upper wing-coverts red ; 

 outer tail-feathers broadly edged with yel- 

 lowish on the inner web. 

 a'. Upper wing-coverts yellowish green ; in- 

 terscapular region green,with the feathers 



edged with blue in the adult male .... jonqmUaceus, p. 483. 

 b' . Upper wing-coverts green like the back. . wetterensis, p. 484. 



1. Ptistes erythropterus. 



Crimson-winged Parrot, Lath. Syn. i. p. 299, n. 103 (1781) ; id. 

 Suppl. i. p. 60 (1787) ; id. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 253 (1822). 



Psittacua erythropterus, Gm. S. N. i. p. 343, n. 120 (1788) ; Lath. 

 Ind. Orn. i. p. 126, n. 130 (1790) ; Bechst. Lath. Uebers. p. 101 

 (181 1 ) ; Vieill. N. I), xxv. p. 373 ( 1817) ; Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 53 

 (ad. bird only) (1820) ; Vieill. Enc. Meth. iii. p. 1404 (1823; ; 

 Thienem. Fortpfi, d. ges. Vbg. p. 73 (1846). 



Psittacua melanotus, Shaw, Nat. misc. pi. 653 (1789-1813) ; id. Gen. 

 Zool. viii. 2, p. 467 (1811). 



l'lat vcercus erythropterus, Vic/. Zool. Journ. i. p. 528 (1825) ; J'iy. Sf 

 Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 284 (syn. emend.) (1826); Steph. 

 Gr/i. Zool. xiv. 2, p. 123 (1826) ; Via. Zool. Journ. iii. p. 244 

 ( 1 827 ) ; Wagl. Man. Psitt. p. 536 (1832) ; Lear, Burr. pis. 14, 15 

 ( L882) ; Bourj. Perr. pi. 35 (ad.) (1837-38) ; Less. Compl. de Buff. 

 Ois. ix. p. 223(partim) (1837), 2nd ed. p. 612 (1838); Haiti. Syst. 

 Verz. Ges. Mas. p. 84 ( 1844); G. B. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 408, n. 23 

 (1846); Bhfth, Cat. B. Mas. A. S. B. p. 7 (1849); G. B. Gr. 

 List Psitt. Brit. Mas. p. 9 (1859) ; Schleq. Mas. p.-B. Psitta.i, 



L881, p. 126 {Consp. Psitt. p. 62). 

 Aprosmictus erythropterus, Gould, P. Z. S. I -12, p. 112; id. B. Austr. 

 v. pi. is (p i. 'viii.. L842); Rchnb. Neuentd. Vbg. N. Holl. n. 185 

 (1850); op. Consp. Av. i. p.-"' (syn. emend.) (1850); id Rev. et 

 Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 163, n. 160 ; SouancS, Rev. et Mag.de Zool. 

 1856, ]>. 210; /•'/<. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 161 : Bolle, 

 Journ. f. Orn. 1856, p. 170; Zuchold, Journ. f. Orn. 1858, pp. 39, 

 234; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1861, pp. 234. 365; Gould, B. Z. S. 1863, 



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