PSITTACID-^. 



under side are scarlet varied with yellowish-green, 

 which colour disappears in the adult : the upper side 

 is greenish, with the base of all the feathers dusky: 

 the margin of the wings, and base of the external 

 greater quills, and lateral tail-feathers are blue ; the 

 intermediate feathers are olive-green : the beak is 

 small : the tail broad, longer than the body. 



Sp. 15. PI? multicolor. 



Pl? fronte flavescente ; regione interoculari medid rubra; hu- 

 meris aurantiis. 



Platycercus ? with the forehead yellowish ; the region between the 



eyes red in the middle j the shoulders orange. 

 Psittacus multicolor. Linn, Trans. {Temm.) v. xiii. p. \\^. Nova 



Act, Acad. Nat. Cur. (Kuhl.) v. x. p. 55. 



Inhabits New Holland. The size and form of 

 the last mentioned species : of a splendid green : 

 the back of an olive-green ; the forehead yellowish : 

 the region between the eyes with the middle red : 

 the lower part of the abdomen yellow-reddish : the 

 shoulders orange : the edge of the wing, lower coverts 

 and external web of the quills blue, the inner web 

 black : the tail much gradated, blue, mixed with 

 black and green : the beak horn-coloured : the tarsi 

 elongated. 



Sp. 16. PI ? setarius. 



Pl. shiQipite circumscripte cinerascenti cceruleo ; inter oculos ma-- 

 culd 7'ubrd; inter colluiu et dorsum Jascid ochraceo-auraniid ; 

 rectricibus duahis intermediis longioribus ct harum parti pro- 

 diicto scap'is nudis. 



Platycercus with the sinciput surrounded by greyish -bl ue ; be- 

 tween the beak and eyes a red spot; between the neck and 

 back an ochraceous-orange band ; the two middle tail-feathers 

 elongated, with part of the shafts naked. 



