554 psittacid.S!. 



Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 153, n. 174; id. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. 

 Psitt. n. 180; G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 5 (1859); 

 Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 189 (1868); G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. 

 p. 137, n. 7991 (1870) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 218 (1877) ; 

 Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 194, n. 484 (N. S. Wales, 

 Interior) (1878); Rchnw. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 121 {Consp. 

 Psitt. p. 57) ; Ramsay, Tab. List, p. 16, n. 499 (1888). 

 Platycercus eximius, part., Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 55 (ab- 

 normal colouring) (1865) ; Ramsai/, Cat. Austr. Birds, Psittaci. 

 p. 61 (1891). 



Adult. Head, sides of the neck, and underparts red ; cheeks white 

 with a bluish tinge ; feathers of the back and scapulars black, 

 margined with red ; between the black and the red, and also on the 

 edge of the red, there is a narrow green-yellow line : rump and 

 upper tail-coverts red ; on the sides of the breast a few black spots, 

 surrounded with yellowish ; a great blackish patch on the upper wing- 

 coverts ; wing-coverts near the bend of the wing and under wing- 

 coverts pale violet-blue ; anterior greater upper wing-coverts also pale 

 violet-blue, the inner ones blackish, edged with greenish ; primary- 

 coverts deep blue, with the base white ; quills brown, with broad 

 white base both to the outer and inner webs ; primaries with some 

 blue on the outer web, secondaries on the outer web tinged with 

 greenish ; the greater under wing-coverts black, with the bases 

 white ; central tail-feathers reddish ; the other tail-feathers white 

 at, the base, then deep blue passing into light violet-blue, and tipped 

 more or less with white : bill horn-colour ; feet brown. Total 

 length 11-2 inches, wing 5-4, tail 5-6, bill 0-65, tarsus 0-65. 



Immature (type). A little larger, the red colour paler ; the black 

 feathers of the back edged with greenish yellow, stained with red. 

 Total length 12-5 inches, wing 5-9, tail 6, bill 0-65, tarsus 0-68. 



Hah. Australia, from New South Wales to the Interior' (Ramsay). 



a. Imm. sk. Australia. Eyton Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Australia. Ardent Coll. 



12. Platycercus icterotis. 



Psittacus icterotis, Temm. MS. (1819); Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 54 



(1820) ; Temm. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 120 (1821). 

 Yellow-cheeked Parrot, Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 183 (1822). 

 Platvcercus stanleyi, Vig. Zool. Journ. v. p. 273 (1830) ; Jard. Sf 



Selhy, III. Orn. ii. pi. 108 (jun.) (1830 ?) ; Lear, Parr. pis. 23, 24 



(1832). 

 Platvcercus icterotis, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 209 (1831) ; Wagl. Mon. 



Psitt. p. 530 (1832) ; Less. Compl. de Buff. ix. p. 221 (1837) ; id. op. 



cit. 2nd ed. p. 611 (1838) ; Bourj. Pen: pi. 30 (juv.) (1837-38) ; 



Gould, Syn. B. Austral — . f. 3 (head) (183- ?) ; id. B. Austr. v. 



pi. 29 (pt. xviii., 1845) ; G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 408, n. 6 (1846) ; 



Rchnb. Neuentd. Vbg. N. Holl, n. 446 (1850) ; Bp. Rev. et Mag. 



de Zool. 1854, p. 153, n. 179; Souance, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1856, 



p. 212; Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 181 ; G. R. Gr. 



List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 6 (1859) ; Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, 



