CRIMSON PARROT. 
Birds, Vol. II., p. 629, 1901 ; Hill, Emu, Vol. II., p. 165, 1903 (Vic.) ; A. G. 
Campbell, id., V., p. 145, 1906 (K’goo Is.) ; Batey, id., VII., p. 12, 1907 (Vic.) ; 
Hill, id., p. 22, 1907 (Vic.) ; Batey, id., p. 96, 1907 (Vic.) ; Mathews, Handl. Birds 
Austral, p. 48, 1908 ; North, Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat., No. 1, Vol. III., p. 113, 1911. 
Platycercus adelaidensis Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. II., p. 46, 1865 ; Finsch, Die 
Papageien, Vol. II., p. 183, 1868; Bamsay, Proc. Linn. Soe., N.S.W., Vol. II., 
p. 193, 1878 ; Reichenow, Journ. fur Ornith., 1881, p. 122 ; Ramsay, Tab. List. 
Austr. Birds, p. 16, 1888 ; id., Cat. Austr. Psittaci, p. 53, 1891. 
Platycercus pennantii var. nigrescens Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 34, 1888 : 
Bellenden Ker Range, Queensland ; id., Cat. Austr. Psittaci, p. 52, 1891. 
Platycercus nigrescens Hall, Key Birds Austr., p. 64, 1899 ; Mathews, Handl. Birds 
Austral, p. 48, 1908 ; Broadbent, Emu, Vol. X., p. 241, 1910 (N.Q.). 
Platycercus elegans nigrescens Robinson and Laverock, Ibis, 1900, p. 179, p. 645 ; Emu, 
Vol. II., 1903 ; Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 269, 1912 ; id., List Birds 
Austr,, p. 131, 1913. 
Platycercus elegans subsp. nigrescens Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. Birds, Vol. II., 
p. 630, 1901. 
Platycercus melanoptera North, Emu, Vol. VI., p. 78, 1906 : Kangaroo Island ; id., 
Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat., No. 1, Vol. III., p. 117, 1911 ; S. A. White, Emu, Vol. XII., 
pp. 263-8, 1913. 
Platycercus elegans elegans Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 269, 1912 ; id., List 
Birds Austr., p. 131, 1913. 
Platycercus elegans adelaidce Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 270, 1912 ; id., List 
Birds Austr., p. 131, 1913. 
Platycercus elegans victorice Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 270, 1912 : Woori 
Yallock, Victoria. 
Platycercus elegans subadelaidce Mathews, ib. : Port Augusta, South Australia. 
Platycercus elegans melanopterus Mathews, ib., id. ; List Birds Austr., p. 131, 1913. 
Distribution : Queensland ; New South Wales ; Victoria ; South Australia (South- 
east) ; Kangaroo Island. 
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Adult male. Upper back and scapulars black, the feathers margined with crimson-red ; 
inner, lesser and median upper wing-coverts black, those on the outer portion 
of the wing pale blue ; outer aspect of the bastard-wing, primary-coverts, primary 
and secondary quills dark blue, the inner webs dark brown becoming uniform 
on the apical portion of the primaries and innermost secondaries, the latter showing 
a waved appearance ; tail-feathers dark blue with dark brown on the inner webs, 
the later feathers very pale blue on the apical portion and edged with white at 
the tips ; rump and upper tail-coverts crimson-red with brown bases to the feathers 
like the entire under surface ; head and hind-neck also crimson-red with black 
subapical marks to the feathers ; the basal portion of the feathers on the occiput 
and hind-neck white ; lower sides of face and chin wedgwood-blue like the axillaries 
and under wing-coverts, the greater series of the last and quill-lining dark brown ; 
a small white mark on the inner webs of some of the primary-quills which may 
be seen from below ; lower aspect of tail dark brown on the central portion and 
pale iridescent blue on the outer feathers. Total length 300 mm., culmen 17, 
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