THE BIRDS OE AUSTRALIA. 
1888 ; North Austr. Mus. Cat., No. 12, p. 255, 1890 ; Ramsay, Cat. Austr., Psittaci, 
p. 35, 1891 ; S. A. White, Emu, Vol. XIV., p. 139, 1915 (Vic.). 
Platycercus cyanopygus Finsch, Die Papageien, Vol. II., p. 245, 1868. 
Aprosmictus cyanopygius Gray, Handl. Gen. Sp. Birds, pt. n„ p. 139, 1870 ; Salvadori, Cat. 
Birds. Brit. Mus., Vol. XX., p. 486, 1891 ; Hall, Key Birds. Austr., p. 64, 1899 ; 
Robinson & Laverock, Ibis., 1900, p. 644 (Q.) ; Campbell, Nests & Eggs Austr. 
Birds, Vol. II., p. 628, 1901 ; Hill, Emu, Vol. II., p. 165, 1903 (Vic.) ; Batey, ib., 
VII., p. 12, 1907 (Vic.); Salvadori, Ibis, 1907, p. 142; Mathews, Handl. Birds 
Austral, p. 48, 1908 ; Broadbent, Emu, Vol. X., p. 240, 1910 (N.Z.) ; North, Austr. 
Mus. Spec. Cat.. No. 1, Vol. III., p. 110, 1911. 
Alisterus cyanopygius minor Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 23, June, 1911 : Cairns, 
North Queensland ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 130, 1913. 
Alisterus cyanopygius cyanopygius Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 23, 1911, id., List 
Birds Austr., p. 130, 1913. 
Aprosmictus cyanopygius cyanopygius Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 269, 1912. 
Aprosmictus cyanopygius minor Mathews, ib. 
Aprosmictus cyanopygius neglectus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 269, Jan. 1912 : 
Olinda, Victoria. 
Alisterus cyanopygius neglectus, Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 130, 1913. 
Distribution. Queensland ; New South Wales ; Victoria. 
Adult male. Mantle, upper back, scapulars, and wings dark green with minute dark 
fringes to the feathers ; bastard wing, primary coverts, primary and secondary quills 
blackish on the inner webs and extending to the outer webs on some of the feathers ; 
a narrow band on the hind neck, lower back, rump, and upper tail coverts deep 
ultramarine blue ; tail bluish black becoming more blue on the outer feathers — 
the outermost pair slightly marked with pale red at the tips ; entire head, throat, 
breast, abdomen, and under tail coverts scarlet, somewhat paler on the under 
parts ; under wing coverts and axillaries dark green somewhat tinged with blue ; 
greater series of under wing coverts, quill lining, and lower aspect of tail glossy 
black, the two outer feathers of the last slightly marked with very pale red at the 
tip. Bill, tip of upper and most of lower mandible black, the remainder red : eyes 
yellow ; feet black. Total length 385 mm., culmen 22, wing 192, tail 186, tarsus 18. 
Figured. Collected on the Johnstone River, North Queensland, on the 22nd of 
June, 1900. 
Adult female. Head, upper back, wings, upper tail coverts, and middle tail feathers dark 
green ; inner webs of the primary and secondary quills blackish ; inner webs of outer 
tail feathers blackish, the outermost pair slightly tinged with blue and a pale mark 
at the tip of each ; lowei back and rump ultramarine blue ; sides of the face dull 
green, much paler than the back ; throat and fore neck rust brown becoming 
bronze green on the breast ; abdomen and under tail coverts red ; lesser under 
wing coverts green like the upper surface, the greater series and quill lining glossy 
black like the lower aspect of the tail, the outer feathers of the latter having pale 
marks at the tips. Bill black : eyes white. Figured. Collected on Bellenden 
Ker, North Queensland, on the 29th of December, 1899. 
Immature. Resemble the females. 
Nest. A hole in a tree. 
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