P^LATYCERCUS ROWLEYI (Buller). 



By Mr. G. D. ROWLEY. 



(Plate L.) 



The following is extracted from the ' Transactions and Proceedings of the 

 New-Zealand Institute/ vol. vii. 1874, p. 219 ; and the Plate is taken from 

 the type specimen kindly sent to me by Dr. Buller from New Zealand, 



" Notice of a new Species of Parrakeet in New Zealand. 

 By Walter L. Buller, D.Sc, F.L.S., &c. 



'^ [Read before the PHlosopHcal Institute of Canterbury^ 22nd December,, 1874.] 



'^Whilst I was in England superintending the publication of my ^ Birds 

 of New Zealand/' Mr. Dawson Rowley, of Chichester House, Brighton, 

 forwarded to me for inspection the skin of a Parrakeet, received from 

 the South Island, which, on account of its small size, he took to be a 

 new or hitherto undescribed species. On examination it proved to be only 

 a small example of Platycercus novce zealandice — corresponding, in fact, with 

 Gray's so-called Platycercus auchlandicus ; and in returning the specimen 

 to Mr. Rowley, 1 could only express my regret that he was doomed to 

 disappointment. 



" Since my return to the colony, however, my attention has been 

 directed to a very large series of Parrakeets collected in the Canterbury 

 Province by Mr. F. R. Fuller and his assistants; and, after making due 

 allowance for the great variation in size which members of this genus 



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