Collection of Birds from Western Australia. 163 



PORPHYROCEPHALUS SPURIUS (Kuhl). 



Porphyrocephalus spurius Math. p. 49. 



a-c. <$ ? et c? imm. King River, 7th & 10th Dec. 



d. $ . Albany, 25th March. 



Iris dark brown ; eyelid and cere dusky ; bill of a bluish- 

 slate-colour, darker at the tip ; legs of a dark slate-colour. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 15 inches. 



[The Red-capped Parakeet was generally seen in small 

 parties, often in pairs. It inhabits the extreme south- 

 western districts and is fairly plentiful round Albany. It 

 is known among the colonists as the " King Parrot."— 

 G.C.S.] 



Platycercus icterotis (Kuhl). 



Platycercus icterotis Math. p. 49. 



a ~f- S et £ ? imm. King River, 13th Dec. to 7th Jan. 



g. Imm. Big Grove, 2nd May. 



h. S • Arthur River, 22nd June. 



i, k. <$ imm. Dale River, 16th Dec. & Jan. 



/. Imm. Stockpool, Jan. 



Iris dark brown ; bill of a light bluish-horn-colour ■ 

 cere dusky black ; legs grey in the adult, of a pinkish-slate- 

 colour in the immature bird. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 10*5-1 1*75 inches. 



The series, which includes mostly immature birds, exhibits 

 various and somewhat puzzling stages of plumage : as regards 

 the colouring and pattern of the back ; specimen " / " 

 approaches P. xanthogenys. 



[The Yellow-cheeked Parakeet was very plentiful in the 

 south-western division. — G. C. S.] 



Platycekcus xanthogenys Salvad. 



Platycercus icterotis xanthogenys Hartert, Nov. Zool. xii. 

 p. 212 (1905) [Beaufort & Cranbrook, W. Australia]. 



Platycercus xanthogenys Math. p. 49. 



a-c. (J et S ? i mm - Parker's Range, 10th-12th Aug. 



Legs grey. 



Total length, measured in the flesh : — male 11*75 inches, 

 female 10*5 inches. 



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