1871.] MR. P. L. SCLATER ON ANIMALS IN THE MENAGERIE. 4U.3 



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Head of Cueatua gymnoph 



name to our last mentioned bird, and propose to call it, from the 

 large naked space below the eye, 



Cacattja gymnopis, sp. nov. 



Alba : /route et loris rosaceis : regione ophthalmica nuda, infra 

 dilatata, ccerulescenti-plumhea : crista pyramidali : plumis 

 capitis cervicis et ventris ad basin rosaceo tinctis : remigibus 

 rectricibusque intus limonaceo-jiavescentibus : crassitie earn C. 

 sanguinese paulo superante. 

 Hab. South Australia. 

 Viv. Soc. Zoolog. Londinensis. 



[Obs. Since preparing these notes I have noticed that the two 

 Cacatuee in the gallery of the British Museum, obtained by Sturt at 

 Depot Creek during his expedition into Southern Australia, and 

 marked Cacatua sanguinea, evidently belong to the present species, 

 (cf. Sturt's Narrative, vol. ii. Appendix, p. 36). The correct loca- 

 lity of the bird will therefore be the interior of South Australia.] 



29. Conurus .eruginosus. 



In his excellent monograph of the Parrots (i. p. 506) Dr. Finsch 

 has united the Psittacus aruginosus of Linnaeus (Syst. Nat, i. 

 p. 142) along with a number of other synonyms (Conurus xantho- 

 Icemus, mihi, C. chrysogenys, Souance, and C. ocularis, Scl. et Salv.) 

 into one species under Conurus pertinax. I am not now quite in a 



