576 PSITTACIDX. 



Lathainus pulckellus, Less. Compl. de Buff. ix. p. 216 (1837) ; id. op. 



cit. 2nd ed. p. 609 (1831). 

 Psepkotus pulchellus, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 243. 

 Adult male. Upper parts green ; forehead, stripe over the eye, 

 cheeks, and wing-coverts verditer-blne ; across the forehead a band of 

 deeper blue ; chest, abdomen, and under tail-coverts rich yellow ; 

 sides green ; a chestnut-red spot on the inner wing-covert3 ; outer 

 upper wing-coverts and under wing-coverts bright blue ; primary- 

 coverts and primaries deep blue on the outer webs, the latter with a 

 narrow greenish-blue outer edge, especially towards the tips ; quills 

 underneath black ; four middle tail-feathers green, black at the tip ; 

 the remainder bluish green at the base, with the inner web black, 

 and largely tipped with yellow : "irides yellow" (Sir T. Mitchell) : 

 "bill and feet dark brown" (Go u Id). Total length 8*5 inches, 

 wing 4-3, tail 4-3, bill 0-5, tarsus 0-5. 



Adult female. Above duller green ; frontal band blue, passing 



over and behind the eyes ; a line before the blue frontal band and 



lores pale yellowish; cheeks tinged with blue; wings as in the 



male, only duller, and with no red-chestnut spot on the inner upper 



wing-coverts ; throat and breast yellowish green ; tail as in the male. 



Young male. "Throat and breast yellow-green ; only a trace of 



the red-chestnut spot on the inner upper wing-coverts" (Finsch). 



Hub. South-eastern Australia, from Wide-Bay district to Victoria. 



In some specimens there is a distinct red-orange tinge on the 



middle of the abdomen. Although Gould has stated that the female 



is like the male, I believe they differ. Certainly the birds which 



I have described as females do not show any sign of being immature ; 



on the contrary, some have the feathers worn. 



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



c Ad sk. R- Darling, New S. Wales. Gould Coll. 



d e \d. sk. Australia. Gould Coll.' 



f 4.d sk Australia. Tweeddale Coll. 



u-n. Ad. sk. Australia (J. T. Cockerel/). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



7. Neophema splendida. 



puphema splendida, Gould, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 147 ; id. B.Austr. v. 

 ' pi 42 (pt. ii., 1841) ; G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 411, n. 4 (1846) ; 

 Rchnb. Neuentd. Yog. A. Holl. n. 103, 441 (1850) ; Bp. Rev. et 

 Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 154, u. 203 ; Souance, Rev. et Mug. de Zool. 

 1856 p 214 ; Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt, n. 206 ; G. R. Gr. 

 List Psitt Brit, Mus. p. 16 (1859) ; Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, 



PP. 400, tK>4, 10/ -±, p. -JO/ , Ul^mrij. ^mio. .1 . j->. x=.»«iw, .m-cmc, 



p 41 (1874); Gieb. Thes. Orn, ii. p. 133 (1875); Diggl. Syn. B. 

 Austr. ii. p. 80, pi. 80. ff. 2, 3 (1877) ; Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. 

 N S W. ii. p. 194, n. 498 (1878) ; Rchmv. Voyelbild. t. xiv. f. 1 

 (1878-83) ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 48 {Consp. Psitt, p. 48) ; 

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

 n 512 (1888); Clark, P. Roy. Soc. South Austr. {F. A. Sert.\ 

 1889, p. 39; Rams. Cat. Austr. Birds, Psittaci, p. 84 (1891). 

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



