PLATYCERCUS BARNARDI, Fig. If Horsf. 



Fig. 1. 



Plat, Icete viridis f route coccineo, fascia occipitali brunnescenti-fuscd ; dor so ccerulescenti-nigro, torque 

 nuchali interrupto flavo; genis, pteromatum rectricumque apice, lazulinis; humeris remigum margine 

 rectricumque lateralium basi azureis ; rostro corneo ; pedibus fuscis. 



Long. tot. 13 unc; alee, 6 J ; caudce, 7 J ; tarsi, }. 



Forehead crimson ; crown, cheeks, chest, abdomen, central portion of the wing, and rump verditer 

 green ; occiput crossed by a band of brown, succeeded by a crescent-shaped mark of yellow ; back 

 deep brown ; centre of the abdomen crossed by an irregular-shaped mark of yellow spotted with orange ; 

 primaries and spurious wing black, the external margin of each feather, and the tip of the shoulder rich 

 deep blue ; two central tail-feathers deep green, passing into deep blue at the tip ; the lateral feathers 

 deep blue at the base, gradually fading into bluish white at the tip ; bill horn colour ; feet brown. 



Syn. Platycercus Barnardi, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 283, no. 6. — Wagl. Mon. 

 Psitt. in Abhand., &c, p. 528. — Vig. in Lear's 111. Psitt., pi. 18. 

 Barnard's Parrot, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. ii. p. 121, no. 23. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, interior of New South Wales. 



PLATYCERCUS TABUENSIS, Fig. 

 Fig. 2. 



Plat, capite, guld, corporeque subtus, brunneo-sanguineis ; torque collari, primariis extus rectricibusque 

 caudce extus (duabus intermediis exceptis), intense cceruleis ; corpore supra, alis rectricibusque 

 caudce duabus intermediis viridibus, his ad apicem cozruleis ; rostro pedibusque sordide fuscis. 

 Long. tot. 161 U nc; alee, 8J ; caudce, 81; tarsi, f. 



Head, throat, and all the under surface brownish blood-red ; collar at the back of the neck, pri- 

 maries, and the outer tail-feathers deep blue, the latter margined with green at the base ; upper surface, 

 wings, and two centre tail-feathers green, the latter tipped with deep blue ; bill and feet brownish black. 

 Syn. Tabuan Parrot, Lath. Syn., vol. i. p. 214, no. 16, t. 7.— Id. Gen. Hist., vol. ii. p. 115, pi. xxii. 

 Psittacus Tabuensis, Gmel. and Lath., exclusive of the varieties. 



atropurpureus, Shaw, Mus. Lever., p. 140. 



Pompadour Parrot, Shaw, Mus. Lever., pi. in p. 142. 

 Parrakeet, Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. viii. p. 409. 



Psittacus hysginus, Forst. in MS. Id. Icon., tab. 42.— Wagl. Mon. Psitt. in Abhand., &c, p.540. 

 Platycercus Tabuensis, Vig. in Lear's 111. Psitt., pi. 16.— Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. xiv. p. 122. 



Habitat. Australia. 



PLATYCERCUS ZONARIUS, Wagl. 

 Fig. 3. 



Plat.fronte anguste coccineo fasciato; vertice nigreseente, plumis auricularibus genisqueviridescentibus, 

 his cceruleo cinctis ; torque nuchali flavo ; corpore supra grammeo, ad humeros palhdiore; pri- 

 mariis, aldque spuria fuscis plumis, ad margines externos cceruleis; rectricibus caudce duabus in- 

 termediis gramLo-viridibus,pro X imis utrinque viridibus, apicem versus cceruleis, apice ipso albe- 

 scente; corpore subtus viridi ; rostro corneo ; pedibus fuscis. 

 Long. tot. 15£ unc. ; aim, 7| ; caudce, 9 ; tarsi, 1. 



Forehead crossed by a narrow band of crimson; crown of the head blackish brown passing ; into 

 green on the ear-coverts and sides of the face ; cheeks bine ; back of the neck encircled by a band of 

 bright yellow; back and upper surface generally deep grass green passmg into pale green on the 

 shoulders; primaries and spurious wing blackish brown, the external webs of each feather deep blue ; 

 two centre tail-feathers uniform deep gLs green, the next on each side the same, passing ""0 bine t 

 the tip, the lateral feathers green at the base, passing into blue, which graduall y fade s into bluxsh white 

 at the tip ; chest green; under surface light green ; bill horn colour; feet black.sh brown. 

 Syn. Psittacus zonarius, Shaw, Nat. Misc., pi. 657— Kuhl. Consp. Psitt. 



Baueri, Temm. in Linn. Trans., vol. xin. p. 118—Donovan s Nat. Repos., pi. 64. 



cyanomelas, Kuhl. Nova Acta, &c, vol. x. p. 53. 



Bauer's Parrot, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. ii. p. 120. No. 21. 



Platycercus Baueri, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 283—V,g. in Lear . 111. Psitt, 



pi. 17.— Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. xiv. p. 121. 

 zonarius, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. in Abhand., p. 534. 



Habitat. South Australia. 



