272 A HAND-BOOK OF THE MANAGEMENT OF ANIMALS 



(195) PENNANT'S BROADTAIL. 

 (PLATYCERCUS PENNANTI— {Lath.) ) 



Description. — Prevailing colour of the plumage scarlet ; a patch of 

 bluish grey at the base of the lower beak ; the shoulder and the wing 

 coverts also of the same colour ; primaries black, edged with bluish 

 grey ; neck slightly mottled black ; the back and the secondaries, includ- 

 ing a portion of the wing coverts, black, broadly edged with red (in 

 some specimens there is an olive tinge on the back) ; tail greyish blue ; 

 bill horny white ; legs plumbeous ; total length about 18 inches. 



Hab. — Australia and New South Wales. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 As yet a little over five years. 



(196) BAEEABAND'S BEOADTAIL. 

 (PLATYCERCUS BAEEABANDI— {Swain.) ) 



Description. — The general colour of the plumage deep green ; the 

 forehead, chin, throat, cheeks, yellow with traces of scarlet about the 

 cheek ; a broad semi-lunar band of scarlet lines the yellow of the throat ; 

 the quills are edged light blue ; the under surface of the tail greyish 

 black; the beak orange red; legs blackish; total length about 15 

 inches. 



Hab. — New South Wales. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 About three years only. 



(197) THE EOSE-HILL BEOADTAIL. 



(PLATYCERCUS EXEMIUS— {Shaw.) ) 

 Rosella of the Calcutta bird-sellers. 



Description. — Head, crown, occiput, sides of the head, and breast 

 red ; chin and throat white ; abdomen olive green ; rump red ; back 

 beautifully variegated, the black feathers being edged with yellow ; the 

 upper tail coverts greenish; middle tail feathers bluish, lateral ones 

 ashy ; total length about 10 inches. 



ffab.—New South Wales. 



Length of life in captivity. 



Seven years represent the longest period during which a pair have 

 lived in the garden. 



