Australian Birds in the Collection of the Linnean Society. 281 



2. Flaviventris*. P/. nigro viridique varias, capite postico 



corporegue sabtus Jlavcscentihus, f route coccineo, gulA tectri- 



cibus rectricibusque lateralibus lazaUnis, remigibus nigris lazu- 



lino-marginatis. 

 Psittacus flaviventris. Temm. Linn. Trans, vol. xiii. pp. 116 — 



118. 

 Psittacus Brownii. Kuhl, IS ova Jeta t^-c. vol. 10. p. 56. no. 90. 

 Perruche à large queue, var. Le Vaill. Hist, des Perr. pi. 80. 

 Van Diemen's Parrot? Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 130. no. 33. 



" This bird," Mr. Caley tells us, " was common at the settle- 

 ment near Hohart Town in Van Diemen's Land. It is also met 

 with, as I understand, in New Caledonia. I know nothing of 

 its habits." Dr. Latham expresses a doubt whether his Van 

 Dietnen's Parrot is the same as M. Temminck's species. It 

 appears to us that they are the same, and that the descrip- 

 tion of the Sulphur-headed Parrot {Gen. Hist. p. 133. no. 33.) 

 appertains also to the same species. 



3. ExiMius. PI. nigro flavo viridique varias, colla pectore crisso- 



que eoccitieis, gala alba, tectricibus rectricibusque lateralibus 



lazulinis, remigibus nigris lazuUno-marginatis. 

 Psittacus eximius. Shaw, Nat. Misc. pi. 96. Zool. of New Holl. 



t. 1. Kuhl, Nova Acta <^-c. vol. 10. p. 54. no. 87. 

 Perruche omnicolore. Le Vaill. Hist, des Perr. pi. 28. 29. 

 Nonpareil Parrot. Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 139- no. 41. 



In j\Ir. Caley 's 1M8S. are the following observations on this 

 bird. " Rosehill Parrot. — So called from the name of the set- 



* M. Temminck originally gave the specific name oi jiavi ganter to this bird (Linn. -\-k i>-.j — 



Trans, xiii. p. 1 16.); but as he himself subsequently referred to it (/). 1 18.) under the 

 name oi flaxivcntrh, we have no scruple in adopting the latter title in preference to 

 the former, which is obviously liable to objections. 



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