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GENUA si'ATHOPTERUS (North).— The end of the third primary ot the 

 male is elongated end spatnlate. 



J' 1 "' S. alrxanrira*. Gld. (Polytelia alexandne), Alexandre Parrakeet. 

 Generel colour green: foreheed and rump blniah ; lower part of 

 cheekl and throat pale rose colour ; inner webs of lateral tail 

 feathers margined with rosy-rod. 

 Hab. : 7, 8. 



Gl sua I'TISTES. — Tail feathers very broad, almost equally long. 



486. I* erythropteriUk Gmelin (Aprosmictus erythropterus; Apros- 



inii-tus cn.-.-ii). Djitt-rus), Red winged Lory. 



Adult Miilc. -Green, underneath yellowish-green ; lower back and 

 romp deep bine; primaries dark green; secondaries nearly blact, 

 the inner ones dark green ; upper wing coverts rich crimson red, 

 with bene of feathers yellow. 



Total length, 13 in. ; wing, 8 to 7'5 in. ; tail, 5*5 to 5 - 25 in. 



Adult Female. — Dull green, under surface yellowish-green ; rump 

 blue ; some of outermost median upper wing coverts edged with 

 red : the outermost greater upper wing coverts reel ; secondaries 

 blackish -green. 



P. coccineopterus, Gld., Crimson- winged Lory, is united in 

 British Museum Catalogue with P. erythropterus, on the grounds 

 that, although the northern birds have been specifically separated 

 as A. coccineopterus on account of being generally smaller than the 

 eastern ones, yet some are as large. 

 Bab : 1,2, 3, 8. 



< . | (CUB— APROSMICTUS.— Tail feathers very broad ; tail much graduated. 



\. CyanopyglUS. Vieill. (A. scapulatuB, Bech.), King Lory. 



Adult Male. — Head, bill, neck, breast, and abdomen scarlet ; back 

 dark green. 



Female. — Entirely green, except dull blue tail coverts; throat and 

 cheel tinged with red ; abdomen and under tail coverts scarlet. 



Young. Like adult female, but has lateral tail feathers with 

 rose-oolonred tips. 

 Bab. : 3, I 



SUH FAMILY PLATYCERCIN I 



Fnrcnla absent ; bill moderate, never red. 



Genus PLATYCERCUS. — Back not uniform, bnt with feathers broadly 

 bordered, and having a scale-like appearance ; bill distinctly notched. 



I' rlciraiis, Gmelin (P. pennantii. Lath.), Pennant's Parrakeet. 

 ( Iheeka bine ; under parte crimson. 

 Bab. : 2, 3, 4. 



P, liiurrsc«'llS f Ramsay, Campbell Parrakeet. 



Northern variety of P. elegans. Smaller; more robust bill; 



l<mr. 



II. ib, : Bellonden-Kcr Range, Qneeneland 

 I*. adrlaiihr. <-ld. (P, adelaidensis), Adelaide Parrakeet, 



Cheeks blue ; under parti pale red, each feather slightly fringed 

 with yellow ish. 

 * Bab. : 6, 7. 



SOL I*. ILix-ohis, Gld., Yellow ramped Parrakeet. 



bine : under parts pale or straw --yellow ; median tail 



illll blue. 



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