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green; bn abdomen violet-blue; under tail coverts red 



wring '<iv.it- green ; ramp yellow. 

 Total length, 15 in. ; wing, 6*25 in. 

 Bab : 9. 



- BARNARDIOS. Back uniform ; yellow collar round hind-neck. 



513. It. Itnriinnli. Vig, and Hon Platycercus barnardi), Barnard's 

 Parrakeel . 



Head verditer-green, with broad brown _ -<ent ; forei 



red. 



H kb : 6, 7. 



514 It. BemitorquatUS, Qiioy and Gaim. i Platycercua Bemitorqnatns), 

 fellow collared Parrakeel 

 Head brownish-black ; frontal band red ; abdomen a 

 Hab : 9. 



515. I». zona rills. Shaw (Platycercua zonarius), Yellow-banded 

 Parrakeet. 



Head brownish-black, with no red frontal band; abdomen pale 

 yellow ish-green. 



Hab . 6, 7. 9. 



516 It. OCCldentaliS, North(Platj sidentalis). 



Similar to B. zonarins. Light blue instead of dark blue che< 

 yellow of abdomen much more extended, and lemon instead of 

 yellowish-green ; narrow black hand below collar absent. 



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9 -PSEPHOTUS. — Two centre tail feathers longer than following 

 pair. 



517. I*, hsematorrhons, Bparte. (P. hsematogaster, Gld.), Crimson- 



bellied Parrakeet. 



Abdomen red : forehead and cheeks sharply defined blue ; 

 median wing coverts red ; smaller coverts verditer- green ; under 

 tail coverts red. 



Hab. . ii. 7, 9. 



518. I*. XUIttllorrllOIIS. Gld., Yellow-vented Parrakeet. 



Abdomen red : forehead and cheeks sharply denned bine ; median 

 win- coverts brownish-olive ; smaller win- coverts blue : under tad 

 coverts yellow. This species varies very much in colour and size. 

 Ha!.. : 6, 7. 9. 



519. P. pallescens, Gld. 



Variety of I', xanthorrhous. Upper Burface and In-east much 

 paler ; the olive, patch on median win.: coverts yellower. 



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520. I\ palcherrimns, Gld., Beautiful Parrakeet 



Frontal band red; rump turquoise-blue; median win- coverts 

 with red patch : back greyish-brown, 



Hal.. : 2 



621. P # chrygopterytTlns, Gld., Golden -shouldered Parraki 



Frontal band pale yellow; ramp turquoise-blue; median wing 

 t - w ith \ ellow patch. 



Hal- :"l. 



i\ dissimlligt Collett 



reel to P. chrysopterygios, but lacks the yellow band across 

 forehead; lower parts verditer-blue in the male; rump bluish- 

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Fen ■ forehead greyish oil .. 



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