194 Mr. R. Hall on Birds 



shews more red than green. The handsome western Rosella 

 and Barnardius semitorquatus are the two resident Parrots of 

 the district. 



57. PoRPHYROCEPHALus sPUKius. Eed-cEppcd Parrakeet. 

 (Hall's Key, p. 65.) 



Sk. imm. ? . 28.9.99. Tor Bay, Alhany. 



In the ' Records of the Australian Museum/ Cat. Bds. 

 p. 68 (1891), Dr. Ramsay writes :—'' Fem. Similar to the 

 male, very little smaller, but slightly duller in colours. 

 Young (one skin). Similar to adult, but having all the 

 colours of duller tints, &c.'' 



Gould (Handbook Bds. Austr. vol. i, p. 61) speaks of the 

 young during the first year of their existence as being of a 

 nearly uniform green colour ; nevertheless the hues which 

 characterize the adult bird are perceptible at almost any 

 age. 



The skin which I obtained is radically different, and sug- 

 gests youth ; yet it is that of a breeding bird, first to judge by 

 its worn tail-feathers, and secondly by the fact that for days 

 it accompanied a highly coloured (male ?) bird in a quiet 

 forest. It was probably a young individual which had bred 

 early. The following is the description of it : — 



Immature specimen. — Head yellowish green; cheeks lighter; 

 faint flush of red on the brownish lores ; back and scapulars 

 like head ; rump greenish yellow ; throat, fore-neck, and 

 chest smutty brown, without any trace of violet ; breast, 

 flanks, and abdomen purple-blue; wing-coverts bluish green; 

 band across under portion of wing pale lemon-coloured. 

 The worn tail shews scarcely any white. The bill has the 

 posterior two-thirds dull blue, the anterior third whitish. 



An adult skin obtained by exchange shews the lores to be 

 bright red (not dusky red). It appears to be that of a well- 

 matured bird. 



58. Barnardius semitorquatus. Yellow-collared Parra- 

 keet. (Hall's Key, p. 66.) 



Sk. ad. ^ k ? .' 26.9.99. Denmark. 



A favourite haunt of many individuals of this species was 



