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green ; breast and abdomen violet-blue ; under tail coverts red 

 wing coverts green ; rump yellow. 

 Total length, 15 in. ; wing, 6 25 in. 

 Hab. : 9. 



Genus — BARNARDIUS.— Back uniform ; yellow collar round hind-neck. 



513. B. barnardi, Vig. and Hors. (Platycercus barnardi), Barnard's 



Parrakeet. 



Hea.d verditer-green, with broad brown-green crescent ; forehead 

 red. 



Hab : 6, 7. 



514. B- semitorquatllS, Quoy and Gaim. (Platycercus semitorquatus), 



Yellow collared Parrakeet. 



Head brownish-black ; frontal band red ; abdomen green. 

 Hab. : 9. 



515. B. ZOUariuS, Shaw (Platycercus zonarius), Yellow-banded 



Parrakeet. 



Head brownish-black, with no red frontal band ; abdomen pale 

 yellowish-green. 



Hab . 6, 7, 9. 



516. B. OCCideiltalis, North (Platycercus occidentalis). 



Similar to B. zonarius. Light blue instead of dark blue cheeks ; 

 yellow of abdomen much more extended, and lemon instead of 

 yellowish-green ; narrow black band below collar absent. 

 Hab. : 8. 



Genus— PSEPHOTUS. —Two centre tail feathers longer than following 



pair. 



517. P. liaeiliatorrllOIIS. Bparte. (P. ha^matogaster, Gld.), Crimson- 



bellied Pari'akeet. 



Abdomen red ; forehead and cheeks sharply defined blue ; 

 median wing coverts red ; smaller coverts verditer-green ; under 

 tail coverts red. 



Hab. . 6, 7, 9. 



618. P, xailthorrhoUS. Gld., Yellow-vented Parrakeet. 



Abdomen red ; forehead and cheeks sharply defined blue ; median 

 wing coverts brownish-olive ; smaller wing coverts blue ; under tail 

 coverts yellow. This species varies very much in colour and size. 

 Hab. : 6, 7, 9. 



519. P. pallesceus, Gld. 



Variety of P. xanthorrhous. Upper surface and breast much 

 paler ; the olive patch on median wing coverts yellower. 

 Hab. 7. 



520. P. pulclierrinillS, Gld., Beautiful Parrakeet. 



Frontal band red ; rump turquoise-blue ; median wing coverts 

 with red patch ; back greyish-brown. 

 Hab. : 2, 3. 



521. P, chrysopterygilis* Gld., Golden-shouldered Parrakeet. 



Frontal band pale yellow ; rump turquoise-blue ; median wing 

 coverts with yellow patch- 

 Hab. : 1. 



522. P. dissimilis, Coiiett. 



Nearest to P. chi-ysopterygius, but lacks the yellow band across 

 forehead ; lower parts verditer-blue in the male ; rump bluish- 

 green. 



Female.— Crown and forehead greyish olive-green. 



Zool. Soc. Lond., part iii., p. 356. 

 Hab. : 1. 



