314 MR. J. GOULD ON NEW AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. _ [Apr. 6, 
7. Descriptions of three new Species of Australian Birds. 
By Joun Goutp, F.R.S., V.P.Z.8., &e. 
[Received April 6, 1875.] 
Family Psirracip&. 
1. APROSMICTUS INSIGNISSIMUS, Gould, P. Z. 8. 1874, p. 499. 
Head emerald-green, excepting the centre of the crown and a patch 
on the nape, these parts being scarlet, the green forming a narrow 
frontal line between the nostrils and the crown; round the hind neck 
a narrow collar of emerald-green ; back, including the mantle and 
scapulars, deep grass-green, each feather obscurely edged with darker 
colour ; lower back and rump shining blue ; upper tail-coverts bright 
grass-green ; all the tail-feathers above deep grass-green, with in- 
distinct narrow bars of darker colour on every one of them ; the 
underside of the tail uniform purplish black ; wings green, with a 
broad longitudinal patch of yellow; many of these feathers edged 
with scarlet, this mark being very distinct and similar to that seen 
in the male of Ptistes ; under wing-coverts greenish blue; inner lining 
of quills purplish black, like the lower surface of the tail ; under sur- 
face of body scarlet, with dashes of bright green on the flanks ; 
under tail-coverts green, fringed with scarlet, both mandibles of the 
bill bright red as in Péistes, the tips lighter; legs blackish. Total 
length 154 inches, wing 9, tail 73, tarsus {. 
Hab. Queensland. 
At the meeting of this Society held on the 3rd of November 1874, 
Dr. Sclater exhibited a painting of a new Parrot from Queensland on 
my behalf, as I was too unwell to attend the meeting: for this bird 
I proposed the name of Aprosmictus insignissimus. Since then, 
through the kindness of the authorities of the new Zoological Museum 
at Brisbane, I have received the actual specimen of this bird, and Dr. 
Sclater has again been kind enough to bring the bird before the 
notice of the meeting. 
As before supposed, this bird is directly intermediate in form 
between Aprosmictus and Ptistes. In size it is still larger than the 
well-known King Parrakeet (Aprosmictus scapulatus), while in co- 
loration it is very different, as will be seen by the above description 
and measurements taken from the bird itself. That the specimen 
was killed before it had quite completed its plumage is pretty evident 
from the incomplete colouring of the crown of the head and nape: 
in the other parts no difference is likely to occur. 
I take this opportunity of returning my hearty thanks to Mr. 
Waller, of Brisbane, and to Mr. Coxen, of the same town, for the 
interest they have shown in the matter of this newly discovered bird, 
and especially for the opportunity they have given me of introducing 
it to the notice of European ornithologists. 
2. CYCLOPSITTA MACCOYI, nN. sp. 
Male. General colour green, the face having all the fantastic 
