482 psittacid^:. 



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



Rosenb. Journ. f. Orn. 1864, p. 112 (partim) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, 



ii. p. 138, n. 8008 (1870) ; Garrod, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 587 ; Ramsay, 



Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 193, n. 469 (1878) ; Salvad. Orn. 



Pap. e Mol. i. p. 144 (1880) ; Salvin, Cut. B. Strickl. Coll. p. 459 



(1882); Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 324 (partim) (1883); 



Broadb. Pr. R. Soc. Queensl. ii. p. 124 (1885), iv. p. 27 (1887) ; 



Ramsay, Tab. List, p. 16, n. 486 (1888) ; id. Cat. Austr. Birds, 



Psittae'i, p. 37 (1891). 

 Platvcercus (Psittacus) melanotus, Less. Descr. Mamm. et Ois. p. 184 



(1847). 

 Ptistes erythropterus, Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 37 (1865) ; 



Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 602; Cab. u. Rehniu. Journ. f. Om. 



1876, p. 324 (Peel Island) ; North, Descr. Cat. Nests Sf Eggs 



Austr. Birds, p. 255 (1*>!»). 

 ? Aprosmictus erythropterus, var., G. R. Gr. Cut. B. New Guia. p. 59 



(New Guinea'!) (1859) ; id. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 436 (New Guinea, 



Wallace!). 

 ? Aprosmictus erythropterus (part.), Rosenb. Journ. f. Orn. 1864, 



p. 112 (South Coast of New Guinea). 



Smaller Race. 



Aprosmictus erythropterus, Elsey (nee Gm.), P. Z. S. 1857, pp. 27, 



221 ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 324 (1883) (part). 

 Ptistes coccineopterus, Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 39 (1865) ; 



Masters, Pr. Linn. Soc. X. S. W. ii. p. 274 (1877) ; Ramsay, Pr. 



Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) i. p. 1094 (1886). 

 Platvcercus erythropterus (part.), Finsch, Pupag. ii. p. 262 (1868) ; 



Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 217 (partim) (1877) ; Be Vis, Pr. R. Soc. 



Queensl. iv. p. 236 (1889). 

 Aprosmictus coccineopterus, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 139, n. 8009 



(1870) ; Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. X. S. W. ii. p. 193, n. 470 (1878) ; 



id. Tab. List, p. 16, n. 486 a (1888) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 75 



(1889). 

 Aprosmictus coccinopterus, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 769. 

 Platvcercus coccineopterus, Rchnw. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 127 



(Consp. Psift. p. 63) ; id. Vogelbild. Nachtr. n. 14 (1883 I. 

 Aprosmictus erythropterus, var. coccineopterus, Ramsay, Cat. Austr. 



Birds, Psittaci, p. 39 (1891). 



Adult male. Green, underneath yellowish green ; crown and nape 

 verditer-green ; interscapular region and scapulars black ; lower 

 back and rump deep blue ; upper tail-coverts yellowish green ; 

 primaries dark green, secondaries nearly black, the inner ones dark 

 green ; upper wing-coverts rich crimson-red, with the base of the 

 leathers yellow ; edge of the wing green ; a few black feathers below 

 the bend of the wing ; under wing- coverts yellowish green ; quills 

 underneath dark brown : tail above dark green, underneath dark 

 brown, the tip of the tail-feathers yellowish green : " irides reddish 

 orange in some, scarlet in others ; bill orange-scarlet ; feet olive- 

 brown " (Gould). Total length 135 to 12-5 inches, wing 8 to 7 - 5, 

 tail 5-6 to 5-2, bill 075, tarsus 0-68. 



Adult female. Dull green, under surface yellowish green ; rump 

 blue ; upper tail-coverts yellowish grecu ; some of the outermost 



