APPENDIX. 
Mr. Edwin Ashby has sent me the following notes in connection with a new 
form of Platycercus he has described. They have since appeared in the Emu. 
At the present time I can make no comment, as I have given my views 
in the text, and with the birds I have here I must still maintain flaveolus as a 
distinct species. There is, however, no reason why the matter should not 
be followed up and Mr. Edwin Ashby’s suggestions confirmed or otherwise. 
DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SUBSPECIES OF PLATYCERCUS ELEGANS 
GMELIN. 
By Edwin Ashby, M.B.O.U., R.A.O.U., “ Wittttnga,” Blackwood, S.A. 
Colour . — As compared with P. elegans, the adult birds of the form under 
review are scarlet rather than crimson. Head, nape, rump and lower 
back bright scarlet. Hind neck, mantle, scapulars and most of the 
greater wing-coverts black edged with bright orange-red. Shoulder : 
patch on shoulder black. Median and lesser wing-coverts light blue. 
Outer-webs of primaries, secondaries and some of the wing-coverts basal 
part of exposed portions of outer-web dark blue. Tail : central tail- 
feathers, dull green on the inner- web ; other portions of tail-feathers 
blue, the outer four feathers broadly tipped with pale blue. Chin or 
lower cheek blue. Under-side, including under tail-coverts, uniformly 
bright scarlet. Under-side of tail-feathers, with the exception of the 
broadly tipped portions of the four outer feathers, deep black. Under-side 
of wing black with the exception of the large shoulder patch, which is 
blue. 
Comments.— hi less developed specimens in the mantles and scapulars the 
edgings show more or less green, also some of the feathers on the nape 
and rump have pale edges. This race is distinguished from all other 
forms of P. elegans, with the exception of P. adelaidce, by the scarlet 
colour replacing the crimson. And from the latter in the generally more 
brilliant scarlet plumage and in the case of old specimens the green 
feathers on rump and back are entirely replaced by scarlet. 
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