546 PSITTACID.E. 



Platycercus flaviventris, Vig. 8f Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 281 

 (1826) ; Vig. Zoul. Journ. iii. p. 244 (1827) ; Bourjot, Pen: pi. 29 

 (1837-38) ; Gould, Mitch. Austr. Exped. i. p. xviii (1838) ; id. Syn. 

 B. Austr. pi.—, f. 2 (183-?) ; id. B. Austr. v. pi. 24 (pt. xx., 1845) ; 

 Rchnb. Neuentd. Vbg. N. Holl. n. 452 (1850) ; Blyth, Cat. B. 

 Mus. A. S. B. p. 8 (1849) ; Bp. Bev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 153, 

 n. 181 ; id, Naumannia, 1856, C'o?isp. Psitt. n. 183 ; G. R. Gr. List 

 Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 4 (1859) ; Finsch, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. i. 

 Berigt. p. xii (1863) ; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 48 (1865) ; 

 Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 204 (1868); G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. 

 p. 137, n. 7985 (1870) ; Pelz. Ibis, 1873, p. 116; Gulliv. P. Z. S. 

 1875, p. 489 ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 216 (1877) ; Diggl. Syn. 

 Austr. B. ii. p. 77, pi. 77. f. 1 (1877); Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. 

 N. S. W. ii. p. 193, n. 476 (1878) ; Rchnw. Vogelbild, t. vi. f. 2 

 (1878-83) ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 122 (Consp. Psitt. p. 58) ; 

 Salv. Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. p. 462 (1882) ; Mat. List Vert. An. 

 8th ed. p. 332 (1883) ; Legge, Pr. Roy. Soc. Tasm. 1886, p. 238 ; 

 Ramsay, Tab. List, p. 16, n. 492 (1888) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 77 

 (1889); North, Descr. Cat. Nests $■ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 258 (1889). 



Platycercus xanthogaster, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. 2, p. 120 (1826). 



Platycercus caledonicus, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 532 (1832) ; Hartl. 

 Syst. Verz. Ges. Mus. p. 84* (1844) ; G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 408, 

 n. 8 (1846) ; Souance, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1856, p. 212 ; Bolle, 

 Journ. f. Orn, 1856, p. 170. 



Adult, Head and underparts yellow : forehead and lores crimson : 

 region round the eye stained with red ; cheeks deep blue ; nape 

 green-yellow, each feather with dark edges ; feathers of the back 

 and scapulars dark olive-black, edged with green ; rump-feathers 

 and upper tail-coverts green, with a bluish tinge and edged with 

 golden olive ; wing-coverts like the feathers of the back, except the 

 anterior ones which are light blue ; primary-coverts deep blue, also 

 the primaries towards the base of the outer webs deep blue ; second- 

 aries deep green-black, edged with yellow and green on the outer 

 web ; central tail-feathers dark green, next pair green, tinged with 

 blue towards the tip of the outer webs, the remainder of the tail- 

 feathers dark blue at the base, lighter towards the tip and tipped 

 with white : bill light horn-colour ; feet greyish brown. Total 

 length 14*5 inches, wing 7 to 7 - 4, tail 7, bill 0-75. 



Young. Upper parts olive-green, nearly uniform ; forehead red, 

 cheeks blue ; underparts olive-yellow, yellower on the breast ; wings 

 as in the adult, but with less blue on the outer wing-coverts and 

 more olive on the inner ones. 



Hab. Tasmania and Victoria. 



a. Ad. sk. Linnean Soc. [P.]. 



(Type of species.) 



b. Juv. sk. Australia. Hardwicke Bequest 



[P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Australia. J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 

 d,e,f. Ad. etjuv. Australia (J. T. Cock- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



sk. erell). 



g. Ad. sk. Queensland. Tweeddale Coll. 



h, i, k. Ad. sk. Tasmania, July, Sept. J. B. Jukes, Esq. [P.], 



/, m. c? ad. et 5 Tasmania. Antarctic Expedition 



juv. sk. TC.]. 



