542 PSITTACID^. 



Psittacus gloriosus, Shaw, Nat. Misc. ii. pi. 53 (1791). 

 Psittacus splendidus, Shaw, Lever. Mus. p. 27, pi. 29 (1792). 

 Perruche a large queue, Levaill. Hist. Nat. Pen: pis. 78 (ad.), 79 



(young) (1805). 

 Platycercus pennantii, Vic/. Zool. Journ. i. pp. 527, 528 (1825) ; Vig. 



fy Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 280 (1826); Steph. Gen. Zool. 



xiv. 2, p. 120 (1826) ; Vig. Zool. Journ. iii. p. 244 (1827) ; Less. 



Man. d'Orn, ii. p. 146 (1828) ; id. Tr. d'Orn. p. 208 (1831) ; Less. 



Compl. de Buff. ix. p. 220 (1837) ; op. cit. 2nd ed. p. 611 (1838) ; 



Fraser, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 113 ; Selby, Nat. Libr., Parrots, p. 173, 



pi. 25 (1836) ; Hartl. Syst. Verz. Gesell. Mus. p. 84 (1844) ; G. R. 



Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 408, n. 1 (1846) ; Gould, B. Austr. v. pi. 23 



(pt. xxvi., 1847) ; Rchnb. Neuentd. Fog. N. Holl. n. 450 (1850) ; 



Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 7 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 2 



(1850) ; id. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 153, n. 171 ; Souanee, 



Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1856, p. 211 ; Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. 



Psitt. n. 173 ; G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 3 (1859) ; Sclat. 



P. Z. S. 1861, pp. 234, 367 ; G. R. Gr. Ibis, 1862, p. 227 (Norfolk 



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



Mxis. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 96 (1864) ; Gould, Randb. B. Austr. ii. 



p. 44 (1865); Nitzsch, Pterylogr. (Engl, ed.) p. 101 (1867); 



Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 180 (1868) ; Mull. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 279 ; 



Russ, Journ. f. Orn. 1870, p. 30; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 137, 



n. 7983 (1870) ; Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, Revue, p. 40 (1874) ; 



Gulliv. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 489; Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 219 (1877) ; 



Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 193, n. 474 (1878) ; Rchnw. 

 Vogelbild. t. vi. f. 1 (1878-83) ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1879, pp. 169, 



170, 174, pi. xvi. ff. 3, 4 ; Schmidt, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 310 ; 



Layard, Ibis, 1881, p. 173; Salv. Cat. B. Strichl. Coll. p. 461 



(1882) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 330 (1883) ; Ramsay, 



Tab. List, p. 16, n. 490 (1888) ; North, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 



(2) iii. p. 1777 (1888) ; Cox # Ham. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) 



iv. p. 417 (1889) ; De Vis, Rep. Sc. Exp. N. Queensl. p. 33 



(1889) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 77 (1889) ; North, Descr. Cat. 



Nests $ Fggs Austr. Birds, p. 257 (1889) ; Ramsay, Cat Austr. 



Birds, Psittaci, p. 50 (1891). 

 Platycercus elegans, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 72 (1854) ; Rchnw. 



Journ./. Orn. 1881, p. 123 {Consp. Psitt. p. 59) ; id. Vogelbild. 



Bericht. t. vi. f. 1 (1883). 

 Platycercus pennanti, var. nobbsi, Layard, MS. (Norfolk Island) ; 



Tristr. Ibis, 1885, p. 49 ; Ramsay, fab. List, p. 37 (1888). 

 Platycercus nobbsi, Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 77 (1889). 



Adult. Crimson-red ; feathers of the back and scapulars black, 

 broadly edged with crimson-red ; cheeks violet-blue ; a broad black 

 patch on the wing-coverts, bounded, near the bend of the wing and 

 below, with violet-blue ; secondaries deep blue on the outer web, 

 and edged with violet-blue, the innermost secondaries edged with 

 red ; primaries black, with tho basal half of the outer web and their 

 coverts deep blue ; under wing-coverts blue ; quills underneath 

 black ; four middle tail-feathers deep blue, the others deep blue at 

 the base, pale blue at the apical half : " irides very dark brown ; bill 

 horn-colour; feet blackish brown" (Gould). Total length 135 

 inches, wing 6-7, tail 6-7, bill 0*7, tarsus 0-68. 



Young. Olive-green, cheeks and anterior wing-coverts blue ; some 



