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GENUS SPATHOPTERUS (North). The end of the third primary of the 

 male is elongated and spatulate. 



495. S. alexandrae, Old. (Polytelis alexandrse), Alexandra Parrakeet. 



General colour green ; forehead and rump bluish ; lower part of 

 cheeks and throat pale rose colour ; inner webs of lateral tail 

 feathers margined with rosy-red. 

 Hab. : 7, 8. 



GENUS PTISTES. Tail feathers very broad, almost equally long. 



496. P erythr op terilS, Gmelin (Aprosmictus erythropterus ; Apros- 



mictus coccineopterus), Red-winged Lory. 



Adult Male. Green, underneath yellowish-green ; lower back and 

 rump deep blue ; primaries dark green; secondaries nearly blact, 

 the inner ones dark green ; upper wing coverts rich crimson red, 

 with base of feathers yellow. 



Total length, 13 in.; wing, 8 to 7 '5 in. ; tail, 5 "5 to 5'25 in. 



Adult Female. Dull green, under surface yellowish-green ; rump 

 blue ; some of outermost median upper wing coverts edged with 

 red : the outermost greater upper wing coverts red ; secondaries 

 blackish-green. 



P. coccineopterus, Gld., Crimson- winged Lory, is united in 

 British Museum Catalogue with P. erythropterus, on the grounds 

 that, although the northern birds have been specifically separated 

 as A. coccineopterus on account of being generally smaller than the 

 eastern ones, yet some are as large. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 8. 



GENUS APROSMICTUS. Tail feathers very broad ; tail much graduated. 



497. A. cyanopygillS. Vieill. (A. scapulatus, Bech.), King Lory. 



Adult Male. Head, bill, neck, breast, and abdomen scarlet ; back 

 dark green. 



Female. Entirely green, except dull blue tail coverts; throat and 

 chest tinged with red ; abdomen and under tail coverts scarlet. 



Young. Like adult female, but has lateral tail feathers with 

 rose-coloured tips. 

 Hab. : 3, 4 



SUB FAMILY PLATYCERCINJS. 

 Furcula absent ; bill moderate, never red. 



GENUS PLATYCERCUS. Back not uniform, but with feathers broadly 

 bordered, and having a scale-like appearance ; bill distinctly notched. 



498. P elegailS, Gmelin (P. pennantii, Lath.), Pennant's Parrakeet. 



Cheeks blue ; under parts crimson. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4. 



499. P. nigrescens Ramsay, Campbell Parrakeet. 



Northern variety of P. elegans. Smaller ; more robust bill ; 

 deeper colour. 



Hab. : Bellenden-Ker Range, Queensland. 



500. P. adelaide, Gld. (P. adelaidensis), Adelaide Parrakeet. 



Cheeks blue ; under parts pale red, each feather slightly fringed 

 with yellowish. 



Hab. : 6, 7. 



501. P. flaveolllS, Gld., Yellow-rumped Parrakeet. 



Cheeks blue ; under parts pale or straw-yellow ; median tail 

 feathers dull blue. 

 Hab. : 6, 7. 



