550 rsiriAciD^;. 



Psitt. Bnt. Mux. p. 5 (1859) ; Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 06 

 (18(34) ; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 53 (18(55) ; Schleg. op. cit. 

 Revue, p. 49 (1874) ; Masters, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. TV. ii. p. 274 



(1877). 



Adult. Crown of the head, lores, and ear-coverts deep black ; 

 cheeks white, bounded below with blue ; feathers of the back and 

 scapulars black, with a broad margin of pale yellow ; feathers of 

 the rump, upper tail-coverts, and also the feathers of the breast 

 and abdomen pale yellow, fringed with black and with the concealed 

 bases blackish ; under tail-coverts scarlet ; a black patch on the 

 wing-coverts ; anterior wing-coverts from the bend of the wings 

 downwards, outer webs of the secondaries, and base of the primaries 

 rich blue ; the last inner secondaries edged with pale yellow ; inner 

 webs of the quills black ; under wing-coverts blue ; central tail- 

 feathers blue, slightly tinged with green at the base ; the remaining 

 tail-feathers deep blue at the base of the outer webs, brown at the 

 base of the inner webs, and then pale blue, tipped with white, the 

 shafts black : " irides blackish brown ; bill light horn-colour, passing 

 into blue at the base; legs and feet blackish brown" (Gould). 

 Total length 11 inches, wing 6, tail 6, bill 0-65, tarsus 0-62. 



Young. " Similar in colour to the adult bird, but all the markings 

 dull and indistinct ; as the individual approaches to maturity the 

 breast becomes ornamented with a number of crescent-shaped 

 markings of black and pale yellow, and as the bird advances in age 

 the yellow increases in extent and the black nearly disappears '"' 

 (Gould). 



Hah. Northern Australia, from Port Darwin to Port Essington. 



The type specimen shows numerous small red dots on the nape, 

 a feature which is wanting in all the other specimens I have seen. 

 Mr. Gould figures a specimen with a dark crimson head. 



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



(Type of species.) 



b c. Ad. et imm. Port Essington. Capt. W. Chambers 



' st. [P.]- 



d, e. Ad. sk. N. Australia (J. T. Cockerel!). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



f, ff , h. Ad. sk. N.W. Australia. J. K. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 



i. Ad. sk. [Point Pearce.] Purchased. 



8. Platycercus erythropeplus. 

 Platycercus erythropeplus, Salvad. P. Z. S. 1891, p. 130, pi. xii. 



Adult male. Head, neck, and lower parts red ; cheeks blue, whitish 

 near the lower mandible ; feathers of the upper parts of the back 

 black, with dark red edges, as in P. elegans ; scapulars black, edged 

 with pale yellow and tipped with red ; lower back and rump greenish 

 yellow, each feather edged with red ; the red feathers of the breast 

 and abdomen have yellow bases ; the middle of the abdomen and 

 flanks yellow, with .the edges of the feathers red ; wings as in 

 P. exim'ms; a black patch on the upper wing-coverts ; edge of the 



