PSITTACIDjE. 13 



38. PLATYCERCUS ERYTHROTIS. The Red-eared Parrakeet. 



Platycercus pacificus, Vig. Zool. Journ. i. p. 529. pi. Suppl. i. 

 Platycercus erythrotis, Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 526. 

 Cyanoramphus erythrotis, Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. (1854) 



"p. 153. 

 Platycercus pacificus, Bourj. Perr. t. 36, apud Souance. 



Hob. Macquaries Islands. 



39. PLATYCERCUS AUCKLANDICUS. The Auckland Parrakeet. 



Psittacus pacificus, Forst. Descr. Anim. fyc. p. 73. 

 Psittacus pacificus, var. /3, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 329. 

 Psittacus novae zealandiae, var. 2, Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. pp. 7, 65. 

 Cyanoramphus aucklandicus, Pr. B. Cab. Journ. fur Ornith. 

 (1857) p. ; Souance, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. (1854) p. 212. 



a. New Zealand ? From Mr. Bullock's Collection. 



b. c. Auckland Island (Antarctic Expedition). Presented 



by the Admiralty. 



40. PLATYCERCUS NOV^E ZEALANDIAE. The New Zealand 

 Parrakeet. 



Pacific Parrakeet, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 252 ? 



Psittacus pacificus, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 329 ? 



Psittacus novae zeelandiae, Sparrm. Mus. Carls, t. 28, nee Gmel. 



Platycercus erythrotis, p., Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 526. 



Platycercus novae seelandiae, Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 526. 



Cyanoramphus novae zealandiae, Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 



(1854) p. 153. 



Platycercus pacificus, Lear, Parr. pi. 26. 

 Forst. Icon. 44 ? 45 ; Ellis, Icon. 12. 



a, b. New Zealand. From Dr. Dieffenbach's Collection. 



c. New Zealand. Presented by His Excell. Sir G. Grey. 



d. New Zealand. From the Zoological Society's Collection, 

 e.? New Zealand. Variety. 



41. PLATYCERCUS COOKII. Cook's Parrakeet. 

 Platycercus Cookii, G. R. Gr* 



a. New Zealand. From Mr. Bullock's Collection. 



* Total length 14"; wings 5|"; bill, along the culmen to the 

 tip, V. Like P. novce zealandice, but much larger ; with the upper 

 mandible mostly black, having only the base of the sides silvery 

 grey ; the lower mandible black. 



