30 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE 



Kuhl, on the other hand, gives New Holland as its habitat ; but 

 it is a species peculiar to New Zealand, from whence many specimens 

 are brought. 



Platycercus (Pyrrhulopsis) hysginus. 



Psittacus hi/sffiniis,Forst.T)escr.&c. p. 159; G.Forst.Icon.ined.42. 



Psittacus atropurpureus, Shaw, Mas. Lev. pi. p. 142 (?). 



Platycercus tabueiisis, Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn. pi. 74. 



Phitijcercus hijsginus, Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 540 (?). 



Psittacus caledonicus, (Gmel.) Licht. Forst. Descr. &c. p. 159. 



Comirus Anna, Bourj. St. Hil. Perr. t. 38. 



Aprosmictus Anna, Cass. U. S. Expl. Exped. (1858) p. 236. 



Ellis's Icon. ined. 1 1 . 



' Kaghakii ' of the natives of the Tonga Islands. 



Tonga Islands (Eaoowe) ; Feejee Islands. 



(?) Platycercus (Pyrrhulopsis) tabuensis. B.M. 



Taluan Parrot, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 214. pi. 7. 



Psittacus tabueiisis, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 317. 



Platycercus atrogularis, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 129. 



Platycercus tabuensis, Lear's Parr. pi. 16 (?). 



Aprosmictus tabuensis, Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 153. 



Tonga Islands (Tongatabu) ; Feejee Islands. 



Some authors are of opinion that this bird is only the female of 

 the preceding species. 



Platycercus (Pyrrhulopsis) splendens. 



Platycercus splendens, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 127. pi. 20. f. 1. 

 Ajtrosmictus sj)lendens, Pr. B. 



Feejee Islands (Viti Levu). 



Platycercus (Pyrrhulopsis) personatus. B.M. 



Coracopsis (?) personatus, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1848, pi. 3. 

 Platycercus splendens, $ juv., Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 128 

 pi. 20. f. 2. 



Pyrrhulopsis personata, Reichenb. 



Prosopeia personata, Pr. B. 



Aprosmictus splendens, pt., Pr. B. 



Aprosmictus personatus, Cass. U. S. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 239. 



Feejee Islands. 



Note. — G. Forster, in his Account of the Voyage (ii.p.334), speaks 

 of large and beautiful Parroquets that were found in Tanna ; and he 

 further describes them as having a black, red, and yellow plumage. 

 This species has not been noticed in any other work. 



