PLATYCERCUS IGNITUS, Leadb. 

 Fig. 1. 



Plat, capite summo, auriculis, uropygio, pectore, corporeque subtus coccineis ; buccis albis ; plumis 

 singulis dor si ad mediam nigris, marginibus coccineo et flavo intermixtis; aid media cceruled, 

 primariis quintis ad basin albis, apicibus brunneis ; rectricibus quatuor intermediis albis coccineo 

 pallide tinctis ; rectricibus reliquis cceruleis, ad basin albis, ad apicem albescentibus ; rostra 

 livido ; pedibus saturate fuscis. 



Long. tot. 12 unc. ; alee, 6 ; cauda, 6 J ; tarsi, J. 



Crown of the head, ear-coverts, rump, chest, and under surface scarlet ; cheeks white ; feathers 

 of the back black in the centre, margined all round with red and yellow ; centre of the wing blue ; 

 basal half of the first five primaries white terminated with brown ; four middle tail-feathers white 

 slightly tinged with scarlet ; the rest of the tail-feathers white at the base, with the remaining portion 

 delicate blue, and slightly tipped with white ; bill horn colour ; feet dark brown. 



Platycercus ignitus, Leadbeater, in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 



Habitat. Australia. 



PLATYCERCUS EXIMIUS, Vig. # Hon,/. 

 Fig. 2. 



Plat, summo capite, collo, pectore, crissoque coccineis ; genis albis; dor si plumis in medio nigris, splen- 

 dide jiavo ad marginem circumdatis ; uropygio, tectricibus caudal, abdomineque inferior e pallide 

 viridescentibus ; abdomine medio Jiavo; humeris alisque mediis splendide cceruleis ; primariis fuscis, 

 ad marginem externam coerulescentibus; caudce plumis duabus intermediis viridibus, ad apicem pal- 

 lide ccerulescentibus ; plumis caudce reliquis intense coerulescentibus ad basin, dein in medio palli- 

 dioribus, et ad apicem albis ; rostro corneo ; pedibus brunneis. 



Long. tot. 1 2f unc. ; al&, 6\ ; caudce, 7 ; tarsi, f . 



Crown of the head, back of the neck, chest, and under tail-coverts scarlet ; cheeks white ; feathers 

 of the back black, margined all round with rich yellow ; rump, upper tail-coverts, and lower part of 

 the belly pale green ; centre of the belly yellow ; shoulders and middle of the wing rich blue ; external 

 edges of the primaries blue, the remainder of these feathers dark brown ; two middle tail-feathers 

 green, passing into bluish green at the tip, the remainder of the tail-feathers dark blue at the base, 

 passing into light blue, and tipped with white ; bill horn colour ; feet brown. 



Syn. Psittacus eximius, Shaw, Nat. Misc., pi. 96. — Zool. of New Holl., 1. 1. — Kuhl. Consp. Psitt. in 

 Nov. Act., &c, vol. x. p. 54. No. 87. — Lath. Ind. Orn., Suppl., p. xxi. 

 Perruche omnicolore, Le Vaill., Hist. Nat. des Perr., p. 29. pi. 28. 



Nonpareil Parrot, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. ii. p. 138. No. 41. — Id. Gen. Syn., Suppl., p. 85. — 



Shaw, Zool., vol. viii. p. 411. pis. 57, 58. 

 Platycercus eximius, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 281. — Wagl. Mon. Psitt. in 



Abhand., &c, p. 530. 

 Lori-Perruche de la Mer du Sud, Sonn. Edit, de Buff. 

 Psittacus capitatus, Shaw, Zool., vol. viii. p. 466. 



Habitat. Australia generally. 



PLATYCERCUS ICTEROTIS, Wagl. 

 Fig. 3. 



Plat, capite summo, nucha, pectore, corporeque inferiore coccineis ; genis femoribusque flams ; plumis 

 dorsalibus nigris flavo cinctis; uropygio tectricibusque cauda viridescenti-flavis ; humeris et pocjo- 

 niis primarium externis cozruleis; pogoniis internis apicibusque nigrescenti-fuscis ; rectricibus caudce 

 duabus intermediis flavescenti-viridibus, reliquis pallide cceruleis, ad basin intensioribus viridique 

 tinctis ; rostro corneo ; pedibus fuscis. 



Long. tot. lOf unc; alee, 5^ ; caudce, 5| ; tarsi, ^. 



Crown of the head and back of the neck, chest, and all the under surface scarlet ; cheeks and thighs 

 yellow; feathers of the back black bordered with yellow ; rump and upper tail-coverts greenish yellow; 

 shoulders and outer edges of the primaries blue, the inner webs and tips of the latter blackish brown; 

 two middle tail-feathers yellowish green ; the remaining feathers light blue, with the basal portion of a 

 darker blue tinged with green ; bill horn colour ; feet dark brown. 



Syn. Psittacus icterotis, Kuhl. Consp. Psitt. in Nova Acta, &c, p. 54. No. 86. — Temm. in Linn. 

 Trans., vol. xiii. p. 120. 

 Platycercus Stanleyii, Vig. in Zool. Journ. 1830, p. 274. 

 ■ ■ icterotis, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. in Abhand., &c, p. 530. 



Habitat. Australia: localities, New South Wales, King George's Sound, &c. 



