mine medio, crissoque Jiavis ; rectricibus caudce, quatuor intermedin viridibus, reliquis ad basin 

 viridibus, ample Jiavo terminatis ; rostro pedib usque intense fuscis. 

 Fcem. vel mas junior coloribus obscurioribus solummodd differt, loroque pallide olivaceo-flavo. 



Long. tot. 8 unc. ; aim, 4§ ; caudal, 4j ; tarsi, 1. 



Male. Forehead, stripe over the eye, cheeks, shoulders, and lesser wing-coverts rich metallic 

 greenish blue ; crown of the head, back of the neck, upper surface and flanks bright olive green ; 

 a bright spot of chestnut red at the insertion of the wings ; primaries and secondaries deep blue on 

 their outer webs, and blackish brown on the inner ; chest, centre of the abdomen, and under tail- 

 coverts rich yellow; four middle tail-feathers green, the remainder green at the base and largely 

 tipped with yellow ; bill and feet dark brown. 



Female or young. A faint indication of olive yellow between the bill and the eye ; and the same 

 distribution of colours as the male, but the whole very obscure. 



Syn. Psittacus pulchellus, Shaw, Nat. Misc., pi. 96. — Kuhl. Consp. Psitt. in Nov. Act. &c, vol. x. 



p. 50. No. 79. — Swains. Zool. 111., 1st Ser., pi. 73, female. — Lath. Gen. Hist., 

 vol. ii. p. 185. No. 104. — Id. Ind. Orn., Suppl., p. xxi. — Shaw, Zool., vol. viii. 

 p. 470. 



Turcosine Parrot, Lath. Gen. Syn., Suppl., vol. ii. p. 89. 



Nanodes pulchellus, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 277. 



Habitat, Australia : locality, Van Diemen's Land. 



