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p. 85. Ptistes Gould, 1865. Type (by subsequent designa- 

 tion Reichenow Journ. fiir Orn., p. 125, 1881), P. erythrop- 

 terus Gmelin. 



p. 92. Euphema Wagler, 1832. Type (by subsequent desig- 

 nation Gray, 1840, p. 52), Psittacus discolor White. 



p. 106. Add Menura nov^hollandi^ edwardi Chisholm, 

 Emn, Vol. XX., pt. 4., p. 223, April 23, 1921 ; Stanthorpe, 

 South Queensland. 



Northiella haematogaster narethae. 



This seems to be the correct name for the new form described 

 and figured in the Emu, Vol. XXI., p. 81, pi. 12, Oct. 3, 1921, 

 as Psephotus narethce H. L. White. 



The specimens presented by Mr. H. L. White to the British 

 Museum have been compared, and the result seems certain 

 that this is simply a further geographical variant of the well- 

 known species. There is much more difference seen between 

 typical hcBmOjtogaster with the yellow vent and hcematorrhous 

 with the red vent than between Salvadori's pallescens and the 

 present form. The latter is separable from the Cooper's Creek 

 birds collected by Mr. S. White, on Oct. 9, 1863, by the shghtly 

 different shade of blue on the face and cheeks, notably by the 

 brighter yellow abdomen with entire suppression of red and 

 by the red under tail-coverts instead of yellow : a.bove the 

 new form is slightly darker on the back and the lower back is 

 green instead of greyish and the upper tail-coverts are darker 

 green, the outer median wing-coverts orange instead of greenish 

 though these show a tinge of red. The specimens slightly 

 differ from the description. 



Two birds collected by Mr. S. White as above differ notice- 

 ably : one being paler on the breast but with a much larger 

 patch of red on the abdomen, the patch on the other being 

 very small. 



In all the normal yellow-vented birds a tinge of red can be 

 seen in the under tail-coverts while some have red and yellow 

 mixed and others have a few red feathers in the upper wing- 

 coverts as noted by Salvadori (loc. cit). 



