THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
(N.T.) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Ser. II., Vol. I., p. 1094, 1887 (N.W.A.) ; 
Le Souef, Ibis, 1899, p. 360 (N.Tr.) ; Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. Birds, 
Vol. II., p. 627, 1901 ; Mathews, Emu, Vol. IX., p. 57, 1909 (N.W.A.) ; Broadbent, 
ib., X., p. 241, 1910 (N.Q.) ; Hill, ib., p. 269, 1911 (N.W.A.) ; Barnard, ib., XIV., 
p. 46, 1914 (N.Tr.). 
Aprosmictus coccineopterus Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc., N.S.W., Vol. II., p. 193, 1878; 
id., Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 16, 1888. 
Platycercus erythropterus subsp. coccineopterus Reichenow, Joum. fur Orn., 1881, p. 127. 
Aprosmictus erythropterus var. coccineopterus Ramsay, Cat. Austr. Psittaci, p. 39, 1891. 
Ptistes erythropterus subsp. coccineopterus Le Souef, Emu, Vol. II., p. 153, 1903 (N.T.). 
Ptistes erythropterus coccineopterus Hartert, Not. Zool., Vol. XII., p. 212, 1905 (N.T. and 
N.W.A.). 
Aprosmictus erythropterus erythropterus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 268, 1912 ; 
id.. List Birds Austr., p. 129, 1913. 
Aprosmictus erythropterus coccineopterus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 268, 1912 ; 
id., List Birds Austr., p. 130, 1913. 
Aprosmictus erythropterus parry ensis Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 268, 1912 : 
Parry’s Creek, North west Australia ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 130, 1913. 
Aprosmictus erythropterus yorhi Mathews, Austral Avian Record, Vol. I., p. 118, 1912 : 
Cape York, North Australia ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 130, 1913. 
Aprosmictus erythropterus melvillensis Zietz, South Austr. Ornith., Vol. I., p. 14, 
Jan., 1914 : Melville Island, Northern Territory. 
Distribution. New South Wales ; Queensland ; Northern Territory ; Melville Island • 
North-west Australia. 
Adult male. Upper back and short scapulars black, becoming dark green on the long 
scapulars and apical portion of the secondary quills ; lower back ultramarine blue ; 
upper wing coverts deep scarlet with yellow bases, some of the greater series green 
on the basal portion of the inner web ; some of the small coverts on the edge of 
the wing are black narrowly fringed with green ; bastard wing, primary coverts, 
and primary quills dark green with blackish brown on the inner portion of the 
inner webs ; upper tail coverts, throat, breast, abdomen, under tail coverts, and 
under wing coverts bright apple green tinged more or less with yellow ; tail dark 
green tipped with yellow, inner webs dark brown on the inner portion and some 
slightly edged with orange ; shoulder of wing, crown of head, and hind neck 
bluish green ; lores and sides of face bright apple green ; chin buff ; greater 
series of under wing coverts and quills below glossy dark brown, lower aspect of 
tail similar with yellow tips to the feathers, and pale inner edges to some of the 
outer feathers. Bill, tip and tomium pale yellow ; upper mandible red, lower light 
red. Total length 345 mm., culmen 19, wing 191, tail 136, tarsus 18. Figured. 
Collected at Derby North-west Australia on the 24th of November, 1910. 
Adult female. General colour, above and below green, upper back, scapulars, and inner 
most secondaries dull dark green becoming paler and more yellowish green on the 
inner median upper wing coverts, some of the outer ones with a red spot at the tip 
like the inner major coverts, the outer ones bright scarlet, while others are margined 
with yellowish green ; bastard wing and primary coverts dark green with more or 
less black on the inner webs ; primary quills green on the outer webs, some of the 
outer ones edged with yellow, the inner ones brown margined with yellow ; secondary 
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