POLYTELIS MELANURA. 
Fig. 1. 
Mas. Pol. cajpite, collo, humeris, uropygio, corporeque subtus ItEte jiavis ; dorso superiore, plumisque 
scapularibus olivaceis, primariis, caudceque rectricibus intense coerideis, harum quatuor externarum 
apicibus roseis ; notd coccined per mediam alam excurrente ; rostro coccineo ; pedib^is fuscis. 
FoEM. Capite, genis, nucha, dorso superiore, plumisque scapularibus obscure olivaceo-viridibus ; gutture, 
uropygio, tectricibus alarum, corporeque subt{(sjiavescenti-viridibus\; humero centrali intense viridi ; 
primariis nonmdlis, cddque spuria intense cceruleis, extiis viridescentibus ; secondariis reliquis, 
rectricibusqiie 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. 16 line; alee, 8 ; caudee, 9| ; 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 mai-k 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 svirface, rump, and M'ing-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 yellowisli 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 bi'own. 
Syn. Palaornis melanura, Vig. in Lear's 111. Psitt., pi. 28, male. 
antliopeplus, Vig. in lb., pi. 29, female. 
Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 
POLYTELIS BARRABANDI, Wagl. 
Fig. 2, Male. — Fig. 3, Female. 
Mas. Pol. fronte, genis, guttureque lafeflavis ; hoc torque coccineo or nato ; nuchd, corporequeviridibus ; 
primariis, secondariis, aid spurid cauddque intense cceruleis, viridi tinctis ; rostro coccineo ; pe- 
dibus fuscis. 
FcEM. Facie sordide viridescenti-coeruled ; pectore obscure roseo ; femoribus coccineis ; corpore viridi ; 
primariis ccerideo-viridibus ; cauda rectricibus quatuor intermediis viridibus, reliquis cceruleo- 
viridibus, intiis ad marginem per totam longitudinem, roseis; rostro pallide coccineo ; pedibus 
fuscis. 
Long. tot. 16 unc. ; alcB, 7 ; caudce, 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 Sarrabandi, 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. 
Palaornis rosaceus, Vig. in Lear's 111. Psitt., pi. 30, female. 
Remark. The Earl of Derby is of opinion that tlie 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. 
