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(?) PLATYCERCUS ( ? ) CALEDONICUS. 



Caledonian Parrot, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 248, 

 Psittacus caledonicus, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 328. 

 Psittacus bisetis, §, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 452. 

 Platycercus caledonicus, Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 532. 

 New Caledonia. 

 It is probably the female of Platycercus cornutus. — Lath. 



(?) Platycercus capitatus. 



Psittacus capitatus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 466. 

 Red-hooded Parrot, Lath. Hist, of B. ii. p. 136. 

 Lori Perruche de la Mer Sud, Sonn. 

 Platycercus eximius, pt., Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 530. 



It is stated by Sonnini to be brought from the islands in the South 

 Seas. 



Platycercus (Cyanoramphus) erythronotus. 



Red-rumped Parrot, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 249. 



Psittacus novae seelandiae, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 328, nee Sparrm. 



Psittacus zealandicus, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 102. 



Psittacus {Conurus) erythronotus, Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. pp. 7, 45. 



Platycercus pacificus, Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 524. 



Platycercus erythronotus, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 122. 



Psittacus pacificus, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 238 ; G. Forst. Icon, 

 ined. 47. 



Conurus phaeton, Des Murs, Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 449. 



Platycercus phaeton, Des Murs, Iconogr. Ornith. t. 16. 



Cyanoramphus pacificus, Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, 

 p. 153. 



Psittacus pacificus, var. y, Gmel. 



Psittacus {Conurus) novce zealandice, var. 1, Kuhl. 



' Aa AS ' of the natives. 



Society Islands (Otaheite, Oriadea). 



Platycercus (Cyanoramphus) ulietanus. B.M. 



Society Parrot, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 250. 

 Psittacus ulietanus, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 328. 

 Psittacus {Conurus) ulietanus, Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. pp. 7, 44. 

 Platycercus ulietanus, Vig. Zool. Journ. i. p. 533, Suppl. pi. 3. 

 Cyanoramphus ulietanus, Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, 

 p. 153. 



Society Islands (Ulietea) ; New Hebrides (Tanna) (?). 



Note. — Latham records as from New Caledonia, the 



Pacific Parrot, var. C, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 253. 

 Psittacus pacificus, var. h, Gmel. 

 Psittacus auriceps, Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. sp. 69. 

 Platycercus auriceps, Vigors. 



