mine medio, crissoque Jlavis ; rectricibus caudce quatuor intermediis viridibus, reliquis ad basin 
viridibus, ample Jlavo terminatis ; rostro pedibusque intense fuscis. 
F(EM. vel MAS JUNIOR coloribus obscurioribus solummodd differt, loroque pallide olivaceo-jlavo. 
Long. tot. 8 unc. ; alee, 4f ; caudcc, 4| ; tarsi, \. 
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. 
