568 PSITTACIP.K. 



Pr. Roy. Soc. Queens!, iii. p. 30 (1886) ; Ramsay, Tab. List, p. 17, 



ii 506 V 1888); Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 77 (1889) ; North, Descr. 



Cat Nests # Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 262 (1889) ; Cox $■ Ham. Pr. 



Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. (2) iv. p. 417 (1889); Clark, Pr Boy. Soc. 



South Austr. (F. N. Sect.) 1889, p. 38; Ramsay, Cat. Austr. 



Birds, Psittaci, p. 75 (1891). 

 Euphemia hsematonota, Schley. Dierent. p. 75 (1864). 

 Eupherna hfematonota, Schley. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 101 (1864) ; 



id. op. cit. Revue, p. 41 (1874). 



Adult nude. Head emerald-green, forehead and cheeks bluish 

 green ; back and scapulars greyish green ; rump scarlet ; upper 

 tail-coverts and breast yellowish green ; abdomen yellow ; thighs 

 didl bluish green ; vent and under tail-coverts white, in some very 

 old specimens tinged with pale yellow ; wing-coverts bluish green, 

 a greenish-yellow patch on the anterior ones ; bastard-wing, pri- 

 mary-coverts, base of the outer webs of the primaries, bend of the 

 wing, and under wing-coverts deep blue ; primaries with the apical 

 half of the outer webs grey ; the inner secondaries tinged with 

 bluish green on the outer web : central tail-feathers green, passing 

 into blue towards the tip, which is blackish ; the remainder of the 

 tail-feathers bluish green at the base, gradually paling towards the 

 tip, which is white : " hides pale brown ; bill horn-colour ; feet 

 brown" (Goidcl). Total length 11 inches, wing 5-1, tail 5-7, bill 

 0-55, tarsus 0-51. 



An apparently very old bird has the back, scapulars, and the 

 outer web of the inner secondaries of a pure bluish-green colour, 

 without the greyish tinge, and the vent and under tail-coverts with 

 a very distinct yellow tinge. 



Young. Upper parts olive, more or less greyish ; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts green ; underparts pale olive, vent and under tail- 

 coverts pale bluish ; a dull bluish tinge on the bend of the wing, 

 bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and base of the outer web of the 

 primaries ; under wing-coverts greyish blue ; the under aspect of 

 the quills shows a white band, formed by white spots on the inner 

 web ; tail as in the adult bird, but paler and duller. 



Hab. South-eastern Australia, from Wide-Bay District to Victoria, 

 and also South Australia. 



a, b. 2 ad. et ad. Australia. Sir T. Mitchell [P.]. 



sk. 



c d Ad. sk. River Murray, S. Australia. C. D. E. Fortnum, 



Esq. [P.]. 



e,f. Ad.sk. River Murray, S. Australia. Sir G. Grey fP.l. 



</'.' c? ad. st. S. Australia. Sir G. Grey [P.J. 



h, i. Ad. sk. River Murray, S. Australia. Gould Coll. 



h, I. Ad. sk. S. Australia." Oapt. Sturt [P.]. 



m. Juv. st. S. Australia. Purchased. 



n-t. <3 2 a< k s k- Australia. 



u. Ad. st. (var.). Australia. Mr. J. Abrahams [P.]. 



v. Ad. sk. Variety or hybrid between P. hama- Gould Coll. 



tonotus aud perhaps P. ptdcherrimUs. 

 to, x, y. Skeletons. 



