THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
and platens Temm. No type was indicated, and therefore the following 
year Gray (Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 88) selected the first-named as type. 
In the Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. II., p. 98, 1865, Gould used Ptilosclera as 
of Bonaparte for versicolor alone. He referred to Ptilosclera versicolor, 
Comptes Rendus 1857, but gave no pagination. In the Cat. Birds B.M., 
Vol. NX., p. 66, Ptilosclera is accepted for the species versicolor. Its entiy 
is given as that of Bonaparte, Comptes Rendus, Vol. XLIV., p. 597, 1857, but 
at that place only the nude name occurs, no indication being given as of its 
extent. The earliest systematic use of the name I have traced is that of 
Gould, as above. In the Cat. Birds, Vol. XX., p. 63, Psitteuteles is also 
retained, the type being selected as P. euteles Temminck. But Gray’s 
designation invalidated all later type differentiations, and consequently 
Ptilosclera must be replaced by Psitteuteles, and a new name is necessary 
for the group erroneously known by the latter name. I therefore propose 
Eutelipsitta, and designate as type Psittacus chlorolepidotus Kuhl.” 
Since then Richmond has recorded that Ptilosclera was proposed by 
Bonaparte, with versicolor alone as type, in one of his pamphlets, as given 
in my synonymy. 
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