14 PSMPEACT 
9. GENUS PTILOSCLERA BONAPARTE 
Ptilosclera Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Se. Paris, Vol. 46, p. 597, Gen. 66 (1857); Gray, List Psitt. 
Brit. Mus. p. 59 (1859) (type Tvichoglossus versicolor Vigors). 
Characters. Almost the same as those of the genus Psitteuteles, differing mainly in the 
shaft-streaks on the neck and body. 
Geographical Distribution. Only one species North and West Australia. 
Ptilosclera versicolor (Vigors) (Plate 5, Fig 10). N. and W. Australia. 
Trichoglossus versicolor Vigors in Lear’s, Ill. Parr. pl. 36 (1832). 
Ptilosclera versicolor, Gould; cf. Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 20, p. 66 (1891) ; 
Mivart. Mon. Lor. pl. 46 (1896); Salvadori, Ibis, p 422 (1905). 
10. GENUS GLOSSOPSITTACUS BONAPARTE 
Glossopsitta Bonaparte, Rev. Mag. Zool. 1857, p. 157 (type Psittacus concinnus Shaw). 
Synonym : Centrourus G. R. Gray (nec Swainson) List Gen, Birds, p. 51 (1840). 
Characters. Tail-feathers twelve; point of maxilla long, but not thin; tail moderate with 
the two middle feathers somewhat longer than the lateral ones; tail-feathers gradually tapering 
to a point, and green with no yellow or red colour at the tip; four or five first primaries not 
distinctly attenuated towards the tip; first primary equal or a little longer than the second and 
the third; predominant colour green; bill black. 
Geographical Distribution. Australia and South East New Guinea, 
KEY OF THE SPECIES 
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b. Underparts with no shaft-streaks. 
a’. Cheeks with no ved. 
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b!'’. Smaller; eay-coverts yellow mixed with ved, like the forehead; crown deep 
purpleblue-. . i. ee ee ey ee ee en Gee PORPAN ROGER AUIS. 
b!. Cheeks, as well as the forehead and chin, all round the base of the bill, ved. . . GG. PUSILLUS. 
1. Glossopsittacus goldiei (Sharpe). S. E. New Guinea. 
Trichoglossus goldiei Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc., Lond. Vol. 16, pp. 318, 426 (1882). 
Glossopsittacus goldiei Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 20, p. 68 (1891); Mivart, 
Mon. Lor. pl. 45, f. 1 (1896) ; Salvadori, Ibis, p. 422 (1905). 
Glossoptilus (!) goldiet Hartert, Novit. Zool. Vol. 3, p. 552 (1896). 
2. Glossopsittacus concinnus |Shaw) (Plate 5, Fig. 7). E. and S. Australia, 
Psittacus concinnus Shaw, Nat. Misc. Vol. 3, pl. 87 (1791). Tasmania. 
Glossopsitiacus concinnus Sundevall, cf. Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 20, p. 69 
(1891); Mivart, Mon. Lor. pl. 45, f. 2 (1896); Salvadori, Ibis, 1905, p. 422. 
3. Glossopsittacus porphyrocephalus (Dietrichsen). W. and S. Australia. 
Trichoglossus porphyrocephalus Dietrichsen, Trans. Linn, Soc. Lond. Vol. 17 (pt. 4), 
p. 553 (1837) 
Glossopsittacus porphyrocephalus Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 20, p. 70 (1891); 
Mivart, Mon. Lor. pl. 46, f. 1 (1896) ; Salvadori, Ibis, 1905, p. 422. 
