53. MELOPSITTACUS. 595 



Gr. Lint Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 14 (1859); Bolle, Journ. f. Orn. 

 1859, p. 299 ; Bennett, (iuth. of a Natural, in Austr. p. 228 (1800); 

 Blyth, Ibis; 1862, p. 388; Sclat. P. Z. S. 18G2, p. 140; Altham. 

 Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1804, p. 300 ; Park. P. Z. S. 1865, pp. 235, 

 238 ; Bear. P. Z. 8. 1865, p. 632 ; A. Brehm, Thicrl. iii. p. 74 

 (1805) ; Gould. Ilandb. B. Austr. ii. p. 81 (1865) ; Ramsay, Ibis, 



p. 140, n. 8033 (1870); Brehm, Journ. f. Om. 1871, p. 74; 

 Liihder, ibid. p. 347 ; Sund. Meth. nat. Av. disp. Tent. p. 71 (1872) ; 

 Garrod, P. Z. S. 1873, pp. 465, 634, 1874, p. 587 ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. 

 ii. p. 505 (1875) ; Diggl. 8yn. B. Austr. ii. p. 81, pi. 81. f. 3 (1877) ; 

 Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. ii. p. 194, n. 500 (1878) ; Forbes, 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 166; Broun, Arb. zool.-zoot. Inst. Wurzb. v. 

 p. 161 & follow.; id. Verh. d. phys.-med. Ges. Wurzb, n. F. xiv. 

 p. 121, xv. p. 120; Rehnw. Voyelbild. t. xiv. f. 4 (1878-83); id. 

 Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 37 (Com p. Psitt. p. 37) ; Salu. Cat. Strickl. 

 Coll. p. 460 (1882) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 328 (1883) ; 

 Bias. Journ. f. Orn. 1884, p. 229; Ramsay, Tab. List, -p. 17, u. 514 

 (1888) ; Tris'tr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 76 (1889) ; North, Beset: Cat. Nests 

 § Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 264 (1889) ; Cox S,- Ham. Pr. Linn. Soc. 

 N. S. W. (2) iv. p. 417 (1889) ; Ramsay, Cat. Austr. Birds, Psittaci, 

 p. 87 (1891). 

 Euphemia undulata, Schley. Dierent. p. 76 (1864). 



Adult male. Forehead and crown straw-yellow, the remainder of 

 the head, ear-coverts, nape, upper part of the back, scapulars, and 

 wing-coverts straw-yellow, with black cross bands, broader and 

 crescent-shaped on the upper wing-coverts ; lower back, rump, upper 

 tail-coverts, and all the under surface, including the under wing- 

 coverts, pale grass-green, tinged with bluish on the upper and under 

 tail-coverts ; cheeks and throat yellow ; on the cheeks an oblique 

 baud of rich blue, below which are three black circular spots ; wiugs 

 brown, the outer webs of the quills bluish green, margined with 

 greenish yellow ; a bluish band towards the base of the quills, with 

 the exception of the first and second, or sometimes only of the first; 

 quills underneath blackish with a whitish band, which on the secon- 

 daries becomes yellow ; two central tail-feathers blue, the remaining 

 tail-feathers bluish green, crossed in the middle by an oblique band 

 of yellow : " hides straw-yellow ; nostrils bright blue (or dark 

 purple, Inn, i<!t); bill and feet pale bluish lead-colour" (Gould). 

 Total length 7 - -"> inches, wing 3-8, tail 4, bill - 45, tarsus 0-47. 



Female. Similar to the male, but with the nostrils brown or grey. 



Young. Forehead and crown also banded ; the black spots on the 

 throat wanting or very small; the green colour of the underparts 

 tinged with bluish. 



Hah. Australia; from the Gulf of Carpentaria and Tort Denison 

 on the East through the Interior to New South Wales, Victoria, "West 

 and South-west Australia. 



a. Ad. st. Australia. J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



b. Juv.sk. Australia. Gould Coll. 



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