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2. GLOSSOPSITTACUS CONCINNUS. 



(THE MUSKY LORY.) 

 [Plate XLV. Fig. 2.] 



Pacific Parrot (var.), Phillips, Voy. Bot. Bay, p. 155, pi. 21 (1789). 



Crimson-fronted Lory, Latham, Gen. Syn. Suppl. ii. p. 87 (1802). 



La Pemwhe a bandeau rouge, Levaill. Perr. pi. 48 (1801). 



Psittacus australis, Lath, (nee Gin.), Ind. Orn. i. p. 104 (1790). 



Psittacus concinnus, Shaw, Nat. Misc. iii. pi. 87 (1791). 



Psittacus pacific us, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. 2, p. 419 (1811). 



Psittacus rubrifrons, Bechst. Lath. Ueh. p. 84, pi. 11 (1811). 



Psittacus velatus, Vieillot, N. D. xxv. p. 373 (1817). 



Lathamus concinnus, Lesson, Tr. d'Orn. p. 206 (1831). 



Centrourus australis, G. P. Gray, List Genera Birds, p. 51 (1840). 



Nanodes australis, Schleg. Mus. P.-B., Psittaci, p. 114 (1864). 



Coriphilus australis, Schleg. Dierent. p. 77 (1864). 



Trichoglossus concinnus, Vigors & H or sfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 292 (1826); Jardine 



& Selby, 111. of Orn. i. pi. 34 (1839) ; Gould, B. of Austr. v. pi. 52 (1843) ; Pinsch, 



Papag. ii. p. 857 (1868) ; Biggies, Syn. B. Austr. ii. pi. 86. fig. 2 (1877) ; Porbes, 



P. Z. S. 1879, p. 170, figs. 5, 6, pi. xvi. figs. 5, 6 ; Rchnw. Vogelbild. t, xxx. fig. 3 



(1883). 

 Trichoglossus australis, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 549 (1832). 



Trichoglossus {Glossopsitta) concinnus, Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 195 (1878). 

 Glossopsitta australis, Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 157 ; North, Descr. 



Cat. Nests & Eggs, p. 268 (1889). 

 Glossopsitta concinnus, G. R. Gray, Hand-list, ii. p. 156 (1870) ; North, Proc. Linn. Soc. 



N. S. W. (2) iii. p. 1778 (1888). 

 Glossopsitta concinna, Tristram, Cat. Coll. B. p. 74 (1889). 

 Glossopsittacus concinnus, Sundevall, Meth. nat. Av. disp. Tent. p. 71 (1S72) ; Salradori, 



Cat. of Birds in Brit. Mus. xx. p. 69 (1891). 



Underparts with no shaft-streaks ; hind neck olive ; cheeks with green lines ; ear-coverts and forehead 

 red. 



Habitat. Australia, from Rockingham Bay to Tasmania. 



This species has a wide distribution in Australia. In the most southerly part of its range — 

 Tasmania — it is known as the " Musk Parrakeet," from the odour of the bird, as Mr. Gould 



