90 BULLETIN OF THE LIVERPOOL MUSEUMS. 
amabilis, Wall.; catamene, Schleg. 
aurantiifrons, Schleg. One. New Guinea. 
aurantiifrons, sub. sp. meeki, Hartert. 
tener, Sclat. One. Duke of York Island. April, 1880. 
Co-type of the species (P.Z.S. 1877, p. 107, sp. 36). 
Species incerte sedis. Four. Philippine Islands. 
PLATYCERCIN~. 
PLATYCERCUS, Jig. 
elegans (Gm.). No. 5=P. adelaide, Tristr. Cat. Coll. Birds, p. 77 (1889). 
Fourteen. g, 2,sternum. Australia (N.S. Wales). Norfolk Id., Oct. 
Nos. 1, 2, and 3, from Norfolk Id., are much smaller than the typical P. elegans. 
Nos. 1 and 2, male and female, are Types of P. nobbsi, Layard, Tristram, Ibis, 1885, 
p- 49. The two types were spirit specimens, but the third, which has not been in 
alcohol, is also smaller. 
mastersianus, Rams.; pennanti, var. nigrescens, Rams. 
adelaide, Gould. Six. 23, 2. South Australia. 
flaveolus, Gould. Two. Australia (N.S. Wales). 
flaviventris (Temm.). Thirteen. 5g. Tasmania. 
pallidiceps, Vig. Six. g, ?. Australia (N.S. Wales; Moreton Bay). 
amathusia, Gould. 
browni (Temm.). Four. g, 2. Australia (North, Port Essington). 
erythropeplus, Salvad. 
eximius (Shaw). Nine. g. Australia(N.S. Wales; Victoria). Tasmania. 
splendidus, Gould; ignitus, Leadb. 
icterotis (Temm.). Six. 2g, 9,and juv. West Australia (Swan River). 
xanthogenys, Salvad. ; occidentalis, North. 
PORPHYROCEPHALUS, Bp. 
spurius (Kuhl). Seven. 2juv. Australia (West; Swan River). [Botany 
Bay.] 
BARNARDIUS, 8p. 
barnardi (Zath.). Nine. ¢. Australia (South). 
semitorquatus (Q.&G.). Four. ¢g, @. Australia (West). 
zonarius (Shaw). Four. Australia (South; Port Lincoln). 
PSEPHOTUS, Gould. 
hematorrhous, Bp. Nine. Australia (N. S. Wales, Bogan River). 
No. 4 has a large patch of verditer on the angle of the wing; tail entirely blue. No. 6 
has a wash of red on the upper inner wing coverts, torquoise blue angle to the wing, with 
a wash of verditer nearer the body ; under tail coverts mixed with red. No. 7 has a 
large patch of verditer on the angle of the wing, much red on the upper wing coyverts ; 
and under tail coverts almost entirely red. 
It is doubtful whether P. hematorrhous ought to be separated from P. zanthorrhous. 
xanthorrhous, Gould. Two. S. Australia (Victoria). 
No. 2 (= 1697 Lord Derby’s Coll.}, a typical specimen, has a wash of red on the upper 
inner wing coverts: torquoise blue angle to the wing, with a wash of verditer nearer 
the body ; under tail coverts pure yellow, without red. 
pulcherrimus (Gould). Three. 23. [New Zealand.] Australia (Queens- 
land: Darling Downs, Condamine River, July ; Oakey Creek). 
chrysopterygius, Gould. 
multicolor (Zemm.). Seven. g. South Australia. 
hematonotus (Gould). Twelve. South Australia (N. S. Wales). 
NEOPHEMA, Salvad. 
bourkii (J/itch.). One. Australia. Collected by Captain Sturt. 
venusta (7'emm.). Thirteen, 23,39,2juv. Australia (Victoria; Port 
