46. POKPHYROCEPHALUS. o57 



Platycercus purpureocephalus, Less. Compl. de Buff. ix. p. 221 (1837) 

 2nd ed. p. Oil (1838); G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 408, n. 20 (1810). 



Purpureicephalus pileatus, Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p 153 

 n. 107; Souance, Rev. et May. de Zool. 1856, p. 211 ; Bp Nau- 

 manma, 1850, Consp. Psitt. n. 169; Finsch, Ned. Tijdschr Dierk 

 L. Berigt. p. xi (1853); Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 00 (1865) ■ 

 Worth, Descr. Cat. Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 259 (1889) 



Watycercus spurius, Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 201 (1808); Gieb Thes 

 Orn in. p. 220 (1887); Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W ii' 

 p. 194, n. 486 (1878) ; Rchnw. Yoqelbild. t. xvi. f. (1878-83) • 

 id. Journ , f. Orn. 1881, p. 125 {Consp. Psitt. p. 01) ; Ramsay, 



«-^n', p - 1 '' n - 501 ( 188S ^ i(l Cat Austr - Birds, Psittaci 

 p. 6/ (1891). 



P T] P 8"o1 CephalU3 Spurius ' G - B - Gr ' Sand -tet> "• P- 138, n. 8004 



Porpkyrocephalus spurius, Hein. u. Rchnw. Komencl, Mies. Hein. 

 Orn. p. 241 (1890). 



Adult male. Pileum deep maroon-red ; lores dusky red ; cheeks 

 yellowish green, becoming more yellow on the sides of the 

 neck ; back and scapulars green ; rump and upper tail-coverts 

 greenish yellow, the longest upper tail-coverts green ; breast and 

 abdomen violet-blue; feathers of the vent greenish yellow, broadly 

 tipped with red; thighs red, with the bases of the feathers whitish • 

 under tail-coverts red ; wing-coverts green; carpal edge, primary- 

 coverts, primaries on the base of the outer webs, and under wino- 

 coverts deep blue ; central tail-feathers green, passing into deep blue 

 towards their tips; lateral tail-feathers green at the base, crossed 

 by a black band, and then passing into blue, which becomes paler 

 and light towards the tips; the tips of the third and fourth pairs 

 Tn jU m dukllBTO J bil1 born-colour; feet dull brown" 

 (Gould). Total length 15 inches, wing 6-2 to 6-4, tail 7-5, bill 0-98 

 to 1, tarsus 0-76. 



Female. Like the male, but duller and smaller (Gould). 



Young. Upper parts green ; a frontal band and some feathers of 

 the crown dull red ; rump as in the adult bird ; breast and abdomen 

 dull reddish grey, each feather edged with bluish; under tail- 

 coverts red, more or less green; tail as in the adult bird, only 

 duller, more greenish and less blue. 



Hub Western Australia, from King George's Sound to Port 

 .biSsington. 



a. Ad. ak. Australia. 



J.E.W.Rishton.Esq. 



[P.]. 



b ' fj- f • ^^f" ,. Tweeddale Coll. 



of Ad.sk. Swao^tw. Australia, f3g2L**°*> 



at" U Vel "' Australia - Gould Coll. 



Purchased. 



