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(198) THE YELLOW-RUMPED BROADTAIL. 

 (PLATYCEECUS FLAVEOLUS— (Gould.) ) 



Description. — The general colour of the plumage yellow ; forehead 

 and sides of the neck red ; chin and throat violet ; primaries ashy brown, 

 some being edged faint bluish ; wing coverts faint bluish, edged white ; 

 feathers of the back brownish black, broadly edged with yellow ; middle 

 tail feathers brownish black, lateral ones bluish ; the length about the 

 same as the rose-bill parrakeet. 



Hab.—'New South Wales. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 Fifteen months only. 



(199) THE YELLOW-COLLARED BROADTAIL. 

 (PLATYCEECUS SEMITOEQUATUS— {Quoy. et Gaim.) ) 



Description. — The general colour of the plumage green ; a narrow 

 crimson band on the forehead ; head and its sides brownish black, 

 tinged with faint bluish about the cheeks ; a yellow band encircles the 

 back of the neck ; the outer webs of the primaries bluish, the inner 

 being blackish brown ; the lateral tail feathers also bluish ; length about 

 16 inches. 



Hab. — West Australia. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 Over five years. 



(200) THE NEW ZEALAND PARRAKEET. 

 (CYANOEAMPHUS XOVM ZEALAND^— (Gmel.) ) 



Description. — The general colour of the plumage green, of different 

 shades and intensity at different parts of the body ; forehead, crown, 

 cheeks, and the rump red ; total length about 9 inches. 



Sab. — New Zealand. 



Length of life in captivity. 



The only specimen that was ever imported arrived in a delicate 

 state of health and survived nine months. 



Treatment in health. 



Housing. — An aviary is always preferable to a cage in lodging 

 the broadtails, but as all the members of this group are not equally 





