146 HLATYCEKrlN.E. 



A set of three eg!,'s received from the late Mr. Georj^e Barnard, of Coomooboolaroo, 

 Huaringa, Dawson Ruer, (.hieensland, and taken in September, 1883, are rounded-oval in form, 

 pure white, the shell being close-grained, smooth and slightly lustrous, and measure: —Length 

 (A) o'yi X o'75 inches; (B) eg x 0-78 inches; (C) 0-87 x 072 inches. 



Psephotus multicolor. 



M A N V-COLOURED PARE AK K ET. 



/'.il//(ifHs Diu/ticolor, Teiiira., Trans. Linn. Soc, Vol. XIII., p. ll'.l (1821). 



I'se/Jid/iis jiiulfico!n,; Goukl, lids. Austr., fol. Vol. V., pi. 3-5 (184.^); ii/., llandljk. Bds. Austr., 

 Vol. II., p 68(186.5); Salvad., Cat. Bds. Brit. .Mus., Vol. XX., p. 566 (1891); Sharpe, 

 Hand-1. Bds., Vol. II., p. 39 (1900) : Salvad., Ihis, 1907, p. 314. 



Adult .male. — (rfin'ral cnhmr ahori: ;_//■•• it irith a bhi'ntli, slifvlf, j/iirti<-nlar/i/ un tin' f/'athers 

 aliiii-r tite fiji- and tilt siites nf thif mck ; a hroail baud mi tlniiape rlu'stnntrcd : /mnr pari of Uw 

 back inid tin' ■niiiip crossed bii t>ro blark bunds, sijiaratrd bij a ba'atl of liijht green : np/n'r lail-corerts 

 (/reeii, some of the smaller conrts iliill ml; scapulars and outer ivebs 0/ tin' inner secondaries 

 like the back ; all tin' upper iring-corcrts, excpt tin mitir ijri'nter scries irlneli ore deep hlue, of a 

 shglilli/ Ill/lifer i/rcen than the bock, irith a, rich gold' n-yelbiic patch on tin' median series ; remainder 

 of the ijuills dark bine on tlnir outer webs, blackish on llnir inner icebs, except the apical third of the 

 outer /irimaries, irhich have a grcyishivash on their outer irebs: central jiair of tail-feathers dark 

 blue, with a prowmnccd gneiiish irash on tlnir basal portion, the ne.ct on either side grcenal the base, 

 pale bine in tin c, iitre and largelij tipped icilh irhile .- the remainder similar, crossed with a blackish 

 band at the base, the green increasing and the icliite decreasing toirards the jiennllimnte feather on 

 either side, iclnch is onig rerg nnrroivhj edged nith irhite at the ti/i ; n broad band across thefonlnad 

 rich goldeii.-gellinr ; cheeks, foreneek anil breast green : abdomen dnil scarlet-red, the basei of the 

 feathers yellow; under tail-corerts yellow occnsionalhj stained with red: bill blnish horn-colonr, 

 blackish at the tip; legs and feet dark mcidy-grcij ; iris, blackish-broun. Totnl length, in thejlesh U 

 iuclns, iviiig o'o, tail '/■/J, bill O'GS, tarsus O'oH. 



Adult Fi;m.\le. — Much duller in plumnge than the male, and the i/ellmr band on the forehead iiot so 

 well dejined : general colour above dull greyish-bro'cn, the feathers on the fore part of croivn of the 

 head and the hitid-neck tipped irith dull green; those of the back and scapulars centred ivith dull 

 gelloivish-olive ; upper icing-cocerts dull bluish-green, the greater serns a clearer blue; the patch on 

 the median series dicll red instead of rich gulden-yellow as in the male : cheeks, throat aiid fore neck 

 dingy greenish-yellow ; remainder of the under surface ami under tnil-corerts light green. 



Distribution — South-western (Queensland, New South Wales, N'ictoria, South Australia, 

 Central Austialia, Western .\ustralia. 



/~|(^HE Many-coloured ParraUeet is a widely distributed species, inhabiting the South- 

 -1- western portion of Queensland, Central and Western New South Wales, North-western 

 \'ictoria, South .Australia, and as far north in Western .\ustralia as the Gascoyne River. It is 

 represented in tlie Australian Museum Collection by many e.xamples, procured principally by 

 the late Mr. K. H. Bennett, at !\Ioolah, Central New South Wales, in June, July and August, 

 1S83. Mr. K. Broadbent obtained specimens at Nonning, South .Vustralia; the Horn Scientific 

 E.xpedition met with it at water holes in different parts of Central Australia in 1894, and specimens 

 were obtained at Reedy Hole and the Fmke River. In i8y6 the Calvert E.xploring E.xpedition 

 frequently saw examples between Cue and Lake .\ugusta, in Western Australia, but they were 

 not found further north. In South .\ustralia Dr. .\. M. Morgan noted it very common, during 

 a trip made in July and August, 1900, from Port .Vugusta to Mount Gunson, both in scrubs and 

 Gum creeks. 



