PLATYCERCUS IGNITUS, Leadh. 
Fig. 1. 
Plat, capite summo, auriculis, uropygio, pectore, corporeque subtus coccineis ; buccis albis ; plumis 
singulis dorsi ad mediam nigris, marginibus coccineo et Jlavo intermixtis; aid media caruled, 
primariis quintis ad basin albis, apicibus brunmis ; rectricibus quatuor intermediis albis coccineo 
pallida tinctis ; rectricibus reliquis coRruleis, ad basin albis, ad apicetn albescentibus ; rostro 
livido ; pedibus saturate fuscis. 
Long. tot. 12 unc. ; alee, 6 ; caudce, 6| ; tarsi, |. 
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 wliite 
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, Vlg. 8s Horsf. 
Fig. 2. 
Plat, summo capite, coUo, pectore, crissoque coccineis ; genis albis ; dorsi plumis in medio jiigris, splen- 
dide Jlavo ad marginem circumdatis ; uropygio, tectridbus caiidce, abdomineque inferiore pallide 
viridescentibus ; abdomine medio Jlavo; humeris alisqae mediis splendide cceruleis ; primariis fuscis, 
ad marginem' externum coerulescentibus ; caudaplumis duabus intermediis viridibus, ad apicem pal- 
lide ccerulescentibus ; plumis caudce reliquis intense ccerulescentibus ad basin, dein in medio palli- 
dioribus, et ad apicem albis ; rostro corneo ; pedibus brunneis. 
Long. tot. 1 2| unc. ; alee, 6\ ; caudce, 7 ; tarsi, |. 
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 I'ich 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., t. 1. — Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. in 
Nov. Act., &c., vol. X. p. 5^. 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 Jlavis ; plumis 
dorsalibus nigris Jlavo cinctis; uropygio tectricibtisque caudce viridescenti-Jlavis ; humeris et pogo- 
niis 2}rimarium externis cceruleis; pogoniis internis apicibusque nigrescenti-fvscis ; rectricibus caudce 
duabus intermediis Jlavesceyiti-viridibus, reliquis pallide cceruleis, ad basin intensioribus viridique 
tinctis; rostro corneo ; pedibus fuscis. 
Long. tot. 10| 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 u]iper 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. 1 20. 
Platycercus Stanley ii, 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. 
