POLYTELIS MELANURA. 



Fig. I. 



Mas. Pol capite, collo, humeris, uropygio, corporeque subtus Icete flavis ; dorso superiore, plumisque 

 scapularibus olivaceis, primariis, caudceque rectricibus intense cceruleis, harum quatuor externarum 

 apicibus roseis ; notd coccined per mediam alam excurrente ; rostro coccineo; pedibus fuscis. 



Fcem. Capite, genis, nucha, dorso superiore, plumisque scapularibus obscure olivaceo-viridibus ; gutture, 

 uropygio, tectricibus alarum, corporeque subtiisflavescenti-viridibus]; humero centrali intense viridi • 

 primariis nonnullis, aldque spuria intense cceruleis, extus virid'escentibus ; secondariis reliquis, 

 rectricibusque majoribus nonnullis, sanguineis ; rectricibus duabus intermediis viridibus ; reliquis 

 ad basin viridibus, quatuor externis utrinque intus, et ad apicem roseis ; rostro coccineo ; pedibus 

 fuscis. 



Long. tot. 1 6 unc. ; aim, 8 ; caudce, 9 J ; tarsi, 



Male. Head, neck, shoulders, rump, upper tail-coverts, and all the under surface beautiful jonquil 

 yellow ; upper part of the back and scapularies olive ; primaries and tail deep blue, the extreme tips 

 of the four outer tail-feathers on each side tipped with rosy red ; several of the greater wing-coverts 

 scarlet, forming a conspicuous mark on the centre of the wing ; bill scarlet ; feet blackish brown. 



Female. Head, sides of the face, back of the neck, upper part of the back and scapulars dull olive 

 green ; throat, all the under surface, rump, and wing-coverts yellowish green, the latter passing into 

 deep green on the centre of the shoulder ; primaries, some of the secondaries, and the spurious wing- 

 deep blue-black, margined externally with yellowish green ; the remainder of the secondaries and a 

 few of the greater-coverts deep red ; two centre tail-feathers deep green, the remainder green at the 

 base, passing into black on the inner webs ; the four lateral feathers on each side margined on their 

 inner webs and tipped with rosy red, which is broadest and most conspicuous on the two outer feathers ; 

 bill scarlet ; feet dark brown. 



Syn. Palaiornis melanura, Vig. in Lear's 111. Psitt., pi. 28, male. 

 anthopeplus, Vig. in lb., pi. 29, female. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



POLYTELIS BARRABANDI, IVagl. 

 Fig. 2, Male.— Fig. 3, Female. 



Mas. Pol. f route, genis, guttureque Icete flavis; hoc torque coccineo ornato; nucha, corporeqiieviridibiis ; 

 primariis, secondariis, aid spuria cauddque intense cceruleis, viridi tinctis ; rostro coccineo ; pe- 

 dibus fuscis. 



Fcem. Facie sordide viridescenti-cceruled ; pectore obscure roseo ; femoribus coccineis ; corpore viridi ; 

 primariis cceruleo-viridibus ; caudce rectricibus quatuor intermediis viridibus, reliquis cceruleo- 

 viridibus, intus ad marginem per totam longitud'mem, roseis; rostro pallide coccineo ; pedibus 

 fuscis. 



Long. tot. 16 unc. ; alec, 7 ; caudal, 10; tarsi, |. 



Male. Forehead, cheeks, and throat rich gamboge yellow ; immediately beneath the yellow of the 

 throat a crescent of scarlet ; back of the head, all the upper and under surface and thighs grass-green ; 

 primaries, secondaries, spurious wing and tail dark blue tinged with green ; bill rich red ; feet brown. 



Female. Face dull greenish blue ; chest dull rose colour ; thighs scarlet ; the remainder of the 

 body grass green ; primaries bluish green ; central tail-feathers uniform green, the remainder bluish 

 green with half of the inner webs for their entire length fine rosy red ; bill pale reddish orange ; feet 

 dark brown. 



Syn. Psittacus Barrabandi, Swains. Zool. 111., 1st Ser., pi. 59. 



Palceornis Barrabandi, Vig. in Zool. Journ., vol. iv. p. 56 — Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., 

 vol. xv. p. 287. 



Polytelis Barrabandi, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. in Abhand., p. 519. 

 Scarlet-breasted Parrot, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. ii. p. 121. No. 24. 

 Palaiornis rosaceus. Vig. in Lear's 111. Psitt., pi. 30, female. 

 Remark. The Earl of Derby is of opinion that the Palceornis rosaceus of Mr. Vigors is the female 

 of this species, in which opinion I fully coincide ; and I may further state that I have had opportuni- 

 ties of dissecting several specimens of the bird to which the name of rosaceus has been given, all of 

 which proved to be females. 

 Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



