45. PLATYCERCUS. 



553 



g, h. Imm. sk. 

 i. Juv. sk. 

 h-n. Ad. sk. 



o, ;>. <$ ad. sk. 

 3*, r. $ ad. et c? 



i 111 in. sk. 

 s. Ad. sk. 

 £. Ad. sk. (var.). 

 w, v. Ad. st. 



(albinos). 

 «?. Skeleton. 

 x. 5 ad. sk. 



Australia. 

 Eastern Creek, 

 Tasmania. 



Dec. 



Van Diemen's Land. 



Ouse River, Tasmania, April. 



S. Australia. 



Hybrid P. e.vimius <f X Psep/io- 

 tus hcematoyiotus 5 . 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 C. G. H. Lloyd, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Antarctic Exp. [C.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



J. Fischer, Esq. [P.]. 



Zool. Soc. Gardens. 



10. Platycercus splendidus. 



Platycercus splendidus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 105 (nee Psittacus 

 splendidus, Shaw) ; id, B. Austr. v. pi. 28 (pt. xxvii., 1847) ; G. R. 

 Gr. Gen. B. App. p. 19 (1849) ; Rchnb. Neuentd. Vba. N. Soil. 

 n. 441 (1850); Bp. Rev. et May. de Zool. 1854, p. 153,' n. 177; id. 

 Naumannia, 1856, Co?isp. Psitt, n. 178 ; Zuchold, Journ. f. Orn. 

 1858, p. 39 ; G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 5 (1859) ; Goidd, 

 Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 56 (1865) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 137, 

 n. 7993 (1870) ; Ramsay, Pr. Linn, Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 194, n. 482 

 (var.) (1878) ; Rchnw. Vogelbild. in the text of pi. vi. f. 7 (1878- 

 83) ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 121 (Consp. Psitt, p. 57) (subsp.) ; 

 Ramsay, Tab. List, p. 16, n. 497 a (var.) (1888). 



Platycercus exiinius, var., Finsch, Papag, ii. p. 191 (1868) ; Gieb. 

 Thes. Orn. iii. p. 217 (partim) (1872). 



Platycercus eximius, part., Ramsay, Cat. Austr. Birds, Psittaci, 

 p. 61 (1891). 



Adult. Very much like P. eximius, but has no yellow spot on the 

 nape, the edges of the black feathers of the back are gamboge- 

 yellow, with no greenish tinge ; the rump, the upper tail-coverts, 

 and the lower abdomen pale verdigris : " irides dark brown ; bill 

 horn-colour ; feet mealy brown " (Gould). Total length 12-5 inches, 

 wing 0T, tail 6-2, bill 0"7, tarsus 0-7. 



Hub. Eastern Australia, from Wide Bay district to New South 

 Wales and the Interior. 



a. Ad. sk. Clarence River. Tweeddale Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Queensland (J. T. Cocker ell), Salvin-Godman Cull. 



c. Ad., var. Queensland (J. T. Cockerell). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. Ad. Australia. Purchased. 



11. Platycercus ignitus. 



Platycercus ignitus, Leadb. P. Z. S. 1837, p. 8 ; Wiegm. Arch. f. 

 Natury. 1839, p. 395 ; Gould, Syn. B. Austr. pi. — . f. 1 (head) 

 (183- Y); G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 408, n. 4 (1846); Hartl. Erst. 

 Nachtr. Vent. p. 15 (1846) ; Gould, B. Austr. v. pi. 30 (pt. xxix., 

 1847) ; Rchnb. Neuentd. Fog. X. Holl. n. 449 (1850) ; Bp. Rev. et 



