PLATYCERCUS BARNARDI, Vig. 8f Horsf. 
Fig. 1. 
Plat. IcBte viridis fronts coccineo, fascia occipitali brunnescenti fused ; dor so ccerulescenti-nigro, torque 
nucliali interrupto Jiavo; genis,pteromatum rectricumque apice, lazulinis; hmneris reniigum margine 
rectricumque lateralium basi azureis ; rostro corneo ; pedibus fuscis. 
Long. tot. 13 unc; alcB, 6^ ; caudce, 1\ ; 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 tlie 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. Mou. 
Psitt. in Abhand., &c., p. 52«. — 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, Pig. 
Fig. 2. 
Plat, cnpitc, guld, corporeque subtus, brunneo-sanguineis ; torque collari, primariis extiis rectricibusque 
Cauda extiis {duabus interinediis exeeptis), intense caruleis ; corpore supra, alis i-ectricibusque 
caudcB duabus intermediis viridibus, his ad apiceni cceruleis ; rostro pedibusque sordide fuscis. 
Long. tot. 16J unc. ; (da, 8^ ; caudce, 8^ ; tarsi, |. 
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. 
Parraheet, Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. viii. p. 409. 
Psittacus hgsginus, 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 nigrescente, phimis auricular ibus, genisque viridescentibus, 
his cceruleo cinctis ; torque nuchali Jlaro ; corpore supra gramineo, ad hmneros pallidiore ; pri- 
mariis, aldque spuria fuscis plmnis, ad margines externos candeis ; rectricibus caudce duabus m- 
termediis gramineo-viridibus, proximis utrinque viridibus, apicem versus cceruleis, apice ipso albe- 
scente ; corpore subtus viridi ; rostro corneo ; pedibus fuscis. 
Long. tot. 1.5^ unc; ala, 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 blue ; back of the neck encircled by a band of 
bright yellow ; back and upper surface generally deep grass green, passing 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 grass green, the next on each side the same, passing into blue at 
the tip, the lateral feathers green at the base, passing into blue, which gradually fades into bluish white 
at the tip ; chest green ; under surface light green ; bill horn colour ; feet blackish brown. 
Syn. Psittacus zonarius, Shaw, Nat. Misc., pi. 657. — Kuhl. Consp. Psitt. 
Baueri, Temm. in Linn. Trans., vol. xiii. 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. — Vig. in Lear's 111. Psitt.; 
pi. 17. — Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. xiv. p. 121. 
zonarius, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. in Abhand., p. 534. 
Habitat. South Australia. 
