18 PSIIIAClDiE. 



Four eggs of the Yellow-bellied Parrakeet measure respectively : 

 1-18 by -93 ; 1-07 by -85 ; 1-12 by -85 ; 1-03 by -88. 



1. Tasmania. Gould Ooll. 



3. Tasmania. Crowley Bequest. 



Platycercus pallidicBBg, Vig. 



Platycercus palliceps, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 51 (1865.) 

 Platycercus pallidiceps, North, Nests if Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 258 (1889) ; 



Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xx. p. 547 (1891) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 178 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 37 (1900J ; 



Campbell, Nests 8^ Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 033 (1901). 



Pive eggs of the Pale-headed Parrakeet measure respectively : 

 1-1 by -91 ; 1-13 by -9 ; 109 by -9 ; 1-13 by -91 ; 1-05 by -89. 



2. Moreton Bay, Queensland. Gould Coll. 



1. Moreton Bay (Gould Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Dawson River, Queensland, Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(North Coll.). 



Platycercus eximius {Shaw). ^ 



Platycercus eximiua, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 65 (1865) ; North, 

 Nests Sr Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 258 (1889) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. XX, p. 551 (1891) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 178 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 38 (1900) ; Campbell, Nests §• Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, ii. p. 635 (1901). 



The eggs of the Eose-Hill or Rosella Parrakeet measure from 

 1'04 to I'l in length, and from "8 to '9 in breadth. 



5. Australia. Gould Coll. 



3. Australia. W. RadclifFe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



4. Cardingtqn, Bell River, N.S.W. Crowley Bequest. 



{E. PrBamsay). 

 3. Hastings, Western Point, Victoria, Crowley Bequest. 

 \Qth.-Hoy. {A. J. NoHh). 



Platycercus icterotis (Kahl). 



Platycercus icterotis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 58 (1865) ; North, 

 Nests 8r Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 259 (1889) ; Sahadori, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. XX. p. 554 (1891) ; Le Souef, Ibis, 1900, p. 458; Sharpe, 

 H(tnd-l. ii. p. 38 (1900) ; Campbell, Nests & Eqqs Austr. Birds, ii. 

 p. 638 (1901). 



An egg of the Yellow-eared Parrakeet measures 1 by 'TS. 

 1. Australia. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus PORPHYEOCEPHALUS, Reiehenow. 

 Porphyroceplialus spurius {KuU). 



Purpureicephalus pileatus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 60 (1865) • 

 North, Nests Sc Eggs Austr. Birdi, p. 259 (1880). 



