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red patches, especially on the crown, on the throat, and on the 

 under tail-coverts ; central tail-coverts olive-purple. 



Hub. Australia, from Kockingham Bay to Victoria, and also 

 Norfolk Island, where most likely it has been introduced. 



The Norfolk Island bird has been recently separated as being 

 smaller: besides two typical specimens of P. nobbsi from Norfolk 

 Island (marked types on the labels) in Mr. Seebohm's Collec- 

 tion, I have examined many more in the British Museum, and I 

 cannot find any difference botween them and the Australian speci- 

 mens ; one of them is even larger than any from Australia : the 

 typical specimens of P. nobbsi have been preserved in alcohol, so 

 that they have shrunk a good deal *. 



a. Ad. st. Australia. Major-Gen. Hard- 



wicke [P.]. 



b. Juv. st. Australia. J. P.Atkins, Esq. [P.]. 



c. d. Ad. sk. Australia. Rev. A. Strong [P.]. 

 e. Imm. sk. Australia. Sir D. Cooper [P.]. 

 /. Ad. sk. Australia. Tweeddale Coll. 



q. Ad. sk. Clarence River. Tweeddale Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



i, k, I. Ad.sk. New South Wales (J. T. Cockerel/). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ra, n. Ad. sk. Melbourne. Howard Saunders, 



Esq. [P.]. 



o-r. tf$ ad. et Norfolk Island, June (F. M. Voyage of H.M.S. 



imm. sk. Rayner). ' Herald.' 



8, t . Ad. et imm. Norfolk Island. J. Brenchlej, Esq. 



sk. [P.]. 



2. Platycercus adelaidae. 



Platycercus adelaidre, Gould, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 101 ; id. B. Amir. 



v. pi. 22 (pt. iv., 1841) ; G. R. Or. Gen. B. ii. p. 408, n. 2 (1840) 



Rchnb. Neue?itd. Voy. N. Roll. p. 179 (1850) ; Bp. Rev. et Mag. 



de Zool. 1854, p. 153, n. 173 ; Bp. Naumannia, 1850, Comp. Psitt. 



n. 174; G. R. Or. List Psitt. Brit. Mas. p. 3 (1859); Sclat. 



P. Z. S. 1860, p. 371 ; Finsch, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. i. Berigt. 



p. xii (1863) ; ScMeg. Mas. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 97 (1864) ; G. R. Gr. 



Hand-list, ii. p. 137, n. 7984 (1870) ; Schley. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, 



Revue, p. 40 (1874) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 330 (1883) ; 



Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 77 (1889). 

 Platycercus adelaidise, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 72 (1854); Souance, 



Rev. et May. de Zool, 1856, p. 211. 



* I am not acquainted with the following race : — 



Platycercus pennantii, Tar. nigresoens, Ramsay, Tab. List, p. 34(1888); 

 id. Cat. Aiistr. Birds, Psittaci, p. .">!' (1891). 



•■ This northern variety maj be distinguished by its smaller size, thicker and 

 more robust bill, and the deeper tint of crimson on its plumage; in some a low 

 violel feathers appear on the chest ; those on the head, hind neck, and bark are 

 almost all black, which colour extends also on to the cheeks in one specimen. 

 Total length 1±3-1T5 inches, bill from forehead - 8, tail 7, wing 6-3." 

 (Rammy.) 



Hah. bellciulen-Kcr Range, Queensland. 



