504 



PSITTACID^. 



blue ; primary-coverts deep blue, nearly black ; primaries black, 

 tinged with blue at the base and narrowly edged with greenish 

 yellow on the outer webs ; secondaries green on the outer web, the 

 inner ones with a red spot on the inner webs ; tail brown-red, blue 

 towards the tip of the feathers, the three outer tail-feathers on each 

 side almost entirely blue, with a greenish tinge at the tip : " irides 

 rich hazel-yellow; bill horn-colour; feet flesh-brown" (Gould). 

 Total length 10-5 inches, wing 5, tail 5, bill 0-5.5, tarsus 0-5. 



Female. Like the male, only smaller and less bright. 



Young. Has the under tail-coverts yellowish green, only the 

 larger ones stained with red. 



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

 and Tasmania. 



Australia, May. Sir T. Mitchell [P.]. 



Australia. Gould Coll. 



Australia. Gould Coll. 



Australia. Purchased. 



Australia. Sir D. Cooper [P.]. 



Australia. Salvin-Goduian Coll. 



Australia. Tweeddale Coll. 



Tasmania. Antarctic Exp. [C.]. 



Tasmania, July. J. B. Jukes, Esq. [P.l 



Tasmania. J . B. Jukes, Esq. [P.]. 



Tasmania. C. G. H. Lloyd, Esq. [P.]. 



a. 3 ad. sk. 



b. Ad. st. 



c. Imm. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 



e. Ad. sk. 

 /, g. Ad. et imm. 



sk. 

 h. Ad. sk. 

 i, k. d 2 ad- § k. 

 I. Ad. sk. 

 in. Imm. sk. 

 n, o. 2 a d. sk. 



53. MELOPSITTACUS. 



Melopsittacus, Gould, B. Austr. v. pi. 44 (pt. i., 1840). 

 Range. Southern Australia. 



Type. 

 M. undulatus. 



1. Melopsittacus undulatus. 



Psittacus undulatus, Shair, Nat. Misc. xvi. pi. 673 (1789-1813) ; id. 

 Gen. Zool. viii. 2, p. 469 (1811) ; Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 49 (1820) ; 

 Desm. Diet. Sc. Nat. xxxix. p. 65 (1826); Voigt, Cur. Uebers, 

 p. 736 (1831) ; Thienem. Fortpfi. d. yes. Vbg. p. 74 (1846). 



Undulated Parrot, Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 179, pi. 26 ( 1822). 



Nanodes undulatus, Jig. 8f Sorsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 277 

 (1826) ; Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. 2,' p. 119 (1826) ; Lear, Parr. pi. 13 

 (18.32) ; Selby. Nat. Libr., Parrots, pi. 28 (av. jun.) (1830) ; Fraser, 

 P. Z. S. 1839. p. 113. 



Euphema undulata, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. pp.493, 545,707 (1832); 

 Schlea. Mm. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 105 (1864) ; id. op. cit. Pevue, 

 p. 42 (1874). 



Sagittifer minor undulatus, Bourj. Pen: pi. 8 (1837-38). 



Melopsittacus undulatus, Gould,' B. Austr. x. pi. 44 (1840) ; Hartl. 

 Syst. Verz. Ges. Mus. p. 85 (1844) ; Gould in Stokes Voy. Beagle, 

 i. App. p. 481 (1846); G. P. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 410(1846); 

 Ltich. Joum. Orerl. Exped. to Port Fssinrjton, p. 44 (1847) ; Blyth, 

 Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 9 ^1849) ; Start, Exp. Centr. Austr. ii. 

 App. p. 40 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 2 (1850) ; Bp. Per. et May. de 

 Zool.lSo-i, p. 154, n. 205; Haiti. Journ. f. Orn. 1854, p. 257 ; 



