POLYTELIS ALEXANDER. 



(Princess of Wales'' Farrakeet.) 

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FOEEHEAD and crown, pale blue ; chin, throat, and lower portion of the cheeks, pink, inclining to salmon color ; back of the head, nape, sides 

 of the neck, back, and scapularies, greyish olive; lower part of the back and rump, light blue; shoulders and wing coverts, bright pale 

 greenish yellow ; outer edges and tips of primaries, narrowly margined with light yellow— the remainder of the outer webs, light greenish 

 ])lue— inner webs, brown ; breast and abdomen, light olive grey; thighs, tinged with rose color; upper tail coverts, olive, tinged with blue ; 

 the two middle tail feathers, greyish olive, washed with blue— the next two on each side, the same color on their outer webs and dark brown 

 on the inner ; the remaining feathers of the tail, olive black in the middle, margined with bright olive green on the outer webs and bright 

 scarlet on the inner webs, throughout the whole of their length ; bill, scarlet ; feet, brown. 



Length, 16 inches ; wing, 7 ; tail, 10 ; bill, \ ; tarsus, |. 



This remarkable and very interesting species was obtained by T. G-. Waterhouse, Esq., the Curator of the Institute Museum, 

 Adelaide, while engaged in the exploratory expedition conducted by Stuart in Northern Australia, latitude 16° 54' S. ; the locality being 

 known as Purdie's Ponds. The disposition of its colors is unique, and altogether difterent from the other two known species, which form a 

 trio equally remarkable for elegance of form and beauty of coloring. 



