570 PSITTACIDiB. 



1. Neophema bourkei. 



Nanodes bourkii, Mitch. Austr. Exp. i. p. xviii (1838) (deser. 

 nulla). 



Euphema bourkii, Gould, B. Austr. v. pi. 43 (pt. v., 1841); G. R. 

 Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 411, n. 8 (1846) : Rchnb. Neuentd. Tog. N. Hull. 

 n. 169 (1850) ; Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 154, n. 204 ; 

 id. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 207 ; G. R. Gr. List Psitt. 

 Brit. Mus. p. 17 (1859) ; Schleg. Mm. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 102 

 (1864) ; Gould, Haadb. B. Austr. ii. p. 80 (1865) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 

 1867, p. 818; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 141, n. 8040 (1870): 

 Garrud, P. Z. S. 1873, pp. 465, 634, 1874, p. 587 ; Schleg. Mus. 

 P.-B. Psittaci, Revue, p. 41 (1874); Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. 

 N. 8. W. ii. p. 194, n. 499 (1878); Rchnw. Vogelbild. t. xiv. f. 2 

 (1878-83); id.Journ.f. Orn. 1881, p. 46 (Consp. Psitt. p. 40); 

 Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 328 (1883) ; Ramsay, Tab. List, p. 17, 

 n. 513 (1888); North, Descr. Cat. Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 p. 264 (1889) ; Ramsay, Cat. Austr. Birds, Psittaci, p. 85 (1891). 



Euphemia bourkei, Schleg. Dierent. p. 75 (1864). 



Platycercus bourki, Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 227 (1868) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. 

 iii. p. 216 (1877). 



? Psittacula bourki, Cab. Journ.f. Orn. 1874, p. 238. 



Adult male. Upper surface brown with a slight reddish tinge ; 

 forehead and superciliary band pale blue ; a few feathers on the 

 forehead, a superciliary band under the blue one, and a patch under 

 the eyes and anterior part of cheeks whitish ; cheeks pale rosy, each 

 feather edged with brown ; feathers of the breast brown, edged with 

 rose-colour ; abdomen bright rose-colour ; flanks, external upper 

 tail-coverts, and under tail-coverts light blue ; wings brown, the 

 anterior wing-coverts, the outer web of the quills, and the under 

 wing-coverts violet-blue ; six middle tail-feathers brown, with the 

 external webs tinged with blue : the three outer ones brown at the 

 base of the inner web, blue towards the base of the external web, 

 white on the remaining part : " bill dark horn-colour ; legs and 

 feet brown*' (Gould). Total length 8-5 inches, wing 4-6, tail 4-3, 

 bill 0-5, tarsus 0-48. 



Female. Duller and paler ; tho blue frontal band wanting. 



Hah. Interior of New South Wales and of South Australia. 



«, b, c. Ad. st. Australia. Capt, Sturt [P.]. 



d, e,f. Ad. sk. Australia. Gregory's Expedition [O.]. 



g, h. Ad. sk. Australia. Gould Coll. 



i. $ skeleton. 



2. Neophema venusta. 



Psittacus venustus, Temm. 3IS. (1819) ; id. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 



p. 121 (1821). 

 Psittacus chrysostomus, Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 50, t. 1 (1820) ; Voigt, 



Cuv. Uebers. p. 736 (1831). 

 Blue-headed Parrakeet, Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 188 (with var. A ?) 



(1822). 

 Nanodes venustus, Tig. fy Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 278 (1826) ; 



Sw. Zool. III. 2nd ser. i. pi. 21 (1829) ; id. Class. B. ii. p. 305 



(1836) ; Selby, Nat. Libr., Parrots, pp. 177, 179, pi. xxvii. (1836). 



