Order PS1TTACIF0RMES 
No. 352. 
Family PLA T Y CERC1 DM . 
PLATYCERCUS ELEGANS. 
CRIMSON PARROT. 
(Plate No 300.)* 
Psittacus elegans Gmelin, Syst. Nat., p. 318, 1788 : New South Wales. 
Beautiful Lory Latham, Gen. Synops. Birds, Vol. I., p. 217, 1781. 
Pennantian Parrot Latham, id., Suppl. I., p. 61, 1787 ; Philips, Voy. Botany Bay, pi. opp. 
p. 154, 1789 ; White, Journ. Voy. New South Wales, pis. opp. pp. 174 and 175, 1790. 
Psittacus elegans Gmelin, Syst. Nat., p. 318, 1788 ; Latham, Index Ornith., Vol. I., p. 89, 
1790 ; Kuhl, Nov. Act. Phys. Acad. Leop. Carol, Vol. X., p. 55, 1820. 
Psittacus pennantii Latham, Index Ornith., Vol. I., p. 90, 1790 : New South Wales ; 
Shaw, Gen. Zool., Vol. VIII., pt. n., p. 410, pi. 56, 1812. 
Psittacus gloriosus Shaw & Nodder, Naturalists’ Miscellany, Vol. II., pi. 53, Jan. 1, 1791 : 
New South Wales. 
Psittacus splendid, us Shaw, Leverian Museum, pi. 29, p. 27, 1792 : New South Wales. 
Psittacus elegans viridis Kerr, Animal Kingdom, p. 567, 1792 : New South Wales. 
Psittacus pennantii phillippi Kerr, ib., p. 568 : New South Wales. 
Platycercus pennantii Vigors, Zool. Joum., Vol. I., p. 527, 1825 ; Stephens, Gen. Zool., 
Vol. XIV., pt. 1, p. 120, 1826 ; Vigors and Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), 
Vol. XV., p. 280, 1827 ; Selby, Naturalists’ Library, Parrots, p. 173, pi. 25, 1836 ; 
Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xxvr. (Vol. V., pi. 23), 1847 ; id., Handb. Birds Austr., 
Vol. II., p. 44, 1865 ; Finsch, Die Papageien, Vol. II., p. 180, 1868 ; Ramsay, Proc. 
Linn. Soc., N.S.W., Vol. II., p. 193, 1878 ; id., Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 16, 1888 ; 
North, Austr. Mus. Cat., No. 12, p. 257, 1890 ; Ramsay, Cat. Austr. Psittaci, 
p. 50, 1891 ; Cheney, Emu, Vol. XIV., p. 205, 1915 (Vic.). 
Platycercus adelaidce Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1840, p. 161, 1841 : Adelaide, South 
Australia ; id., Birds Austr., pt. iv. (Vol. V., pi. 22), 1841 ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds 
Brit. Mus., Vol. XX., p. 543, 1891 ; Hall, Key Birds Austr., p. 64, 1899 ; 
Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. Birds, Vol. II., p. 631, 1901 ; Mathews, Handl. 
Birds Austral, p. 48, 1908 ; North, Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat., No. 1, Vol. III., p. 117, 
1911 ; S. A. White, Emu, Vol. XII., p. 128, 1912 (S.A.). 
Platycercus elegans Lichtenstein Nomencl. Av. Mus. Zool. Berol., p. 72, 1854 ; Reichenow, 
Journ. fur Ora., 1881, p. 123 ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. XX., p. 541, 
1891; Hall, Key Birds Austr., p. 64, 1899; Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. 
* The plate is lettered Platycercus nigrescens. 
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