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INTRODUCTION. 
386. Platycercus flaveolus, Gotild 
387. Platycercus palliceps, Vig. 
388. Platycercus eximius . 
389. Platycercus splendidus, Gould 
390. Platycercus icterotis 
391. Platycercus Ignitus, Leadh. 
392. Platycercus Brownii 
393. Platycercus pileatus, Vig. 
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Genus Psephotus, Gould. 
Generic characters. 
As in Euphema, but the cere, in which the nostrils are placed, more swollen or developed ; wings rather short 
and the tail much lengthened ; the lateral feathers short and not so regularly graduated ; feet more adapted for 
terrestrial progression. 
All the members of this genus are confined to Australia, and hold an intermediate station between the 
Platycerci on the one hand and the Euphema on the other. They pass much of their time on the ground, where 
the principal part of their food is procured ; inhabit the interior rather than the country near the coast, and are 
adapted for the open plains, where they often assemble in vast flocks. 
I have figured four species, and I have seen a drawing in the possession of Mr. Brown, made by Ferdinand 
Bauer from a bird said to have been found near the Gulf of Carpentaria, which will probably form a fifth. 
394. Psephotus hsematogaster, Gould . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. V. PL 33. 
This species difi'ers from all the other members of the genus, as well as from those of the alhed genera, in the 
pointed form of the tips of its primaries. 
If they be not local varieties of each other, there are two birds confounded under this name, one having yellow 
and the other scarlet under tail-coverts ; it will be necessary, however, to see other examples before we can decide 
whether they are or are not distinct. Captain Sturt brought specimens with yellow under tail-coverts from the 
Depdt in the interior of South Austraha. 
395. Psephotus pulcherrimus, Gould Vol. V. PL 34. 
396. Psephotus multicolor Vol. V. PL 35. 
397. Psephotus haematonotus, Gould , . . , Vol. V. PL 36. 
Genus Euphema, IFagi. 
The members of this genus are exclusively Austrahan and appear to be confined to the extra-tropical parts of 
the country, no species having yet been seen from the north coast. Our knowledge of this group has been extended 
from three to seven species, all of which are abundantly distributed over the southern portions of the continent, 
and two of them over Van Diemen's Land. 
398. Euphema chrysostoma 
399. Euphema elegans, Gould . 
400. Euphema aurantia, Gould . 
401. Euphema petrophila, Gould 
402. Euphema pulchella . 
403. Euphema splendida, Gould 
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Captain Sturt procured a single male example of this beautiful bird during his journey into the interior of South 
Australia. 
