556 PSITTACIDJE. 



coverts stained with red at the tip ; a black patch on the upper 

 wing-coverts ; the anterior ones from the bend of the wing down 

 to the primary-coverts, and also the base of the outer webs of the 

 primaries, blue ; inner greater wing-coverts and inner secondaries 

 with grey edges stained with yellowish or reddish ; under wing- 

 coverts blue ; quills underneath black ; sides of the body tinged 

 with yellowish ; thighs grey ; central tail-feathers dull blue ; the 

 next pair of tail-feathers blue, brighter on the outer webs, and 

 tipped with white ; the remaining tail-feathers light blue, tipped 

 with white and with the basal portion deep blue : bill horn-colour ; 

 feet brown. Total length 12-5 inches, wing 5-45, tail 6, bill 0'56, 

 tarsus 0-63. 



Hob. Unknown, but most probably Australia. 



This species differs from P. icterotis, to which it is nearly allied, 

 in being larger, and in having the cheeks of a paler yellow, the 

 feathers of the back edged with red, the rump-feathers and upper 

 tail-coverts edged with greyish olive, and the central tail-feathers 

 blue with no green ; there are also other minor differences. 



a. Ad. sk. Australia? Gould Collection. 



(Type of species.) 



46. P0RPHYR0CEPHA1US. 



Type. 

 Purpureicephalus, Bp. Rev. et May. de Zool. 1854, p. 153. P. spurius. 

 Porphyreicephalus, Rchnw. Vogelbild., Syst. T'erz. p. 1 



(1883). 

 Poiphyrocephalus, Heine, Nomencl. Mus. Hein. Orn. 

 p. 241 (1890). 



Range. Western Australia. 



1. Porphyrocephalus spurius. 



Psittacus spurius, Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 52 (young) (1820) ; Wagl. 



Mon.. Psitt. y. 740 (1832); Pitcher. Rev. et May. de Zool. 1853, 



p. 158. 

 Platycercus pileatus, Tit/. Zool. Journ. v. p. 274 (1830); Wagl. 



Mon. Psitt. p. 528 (1832) : Lear. Parr. pis. 21, 22 (1832) ; Jard. 



&■ Selby, III. of Orn. ii. pi. 102 (— ?) ; Hartl. Syst. Verz. Gesell. 



Mus. p. 84 (1844) ; Gould, B. Austr. v. pi. 32 (pt, xix., 1845) ; 



G R Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 408, n. 12 (1846) ; Rchnb. Kettentd. Vby. 



N Moll. n. 451 (1850) ; Zuchold, Journ. f. Orn. 1858, p. 39 ; 



Sclat. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 212 ; G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 8 



(1859) ; Schley. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 94 (1864) ; op. cit. Revue, 



p. 39 (1874) ; Sclat. List Vert, An. 8th ed. p. 331 (1883). 

 Psittacus (Platycercus) purpureocephalus, Qttoy etGaim. Toy. Astro!., 



Zool. i. p. 235, pi. 22 (1830). 

 Platycercus rufifrous, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 208 (young) (1831) ; G. R. 



Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 408, n. 21 (1846) ; Pitcher. Rev. et May. de Zool. 



1853, p. 157 ; Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p. 422. 

 Pezoporus rufifrons, Bourjot, Pen: pi. 9 (young) (1837-38). 

 Conurus purpureocephalus, Bourjot, Pen: pi. 39 (ad.) (1837-38). 



