THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
It appears that this Flinders’ Range form has been sometimes mistaken 
on the wing for the next species, P. flaveolus. Thus I observe under the latter 
species, in the Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat., No. 1, Vol. III., p. 120, a note by 
Dr. A. M. Morgan reading “ Platycercus flaveolus was common in the Laura 
district and as far north as Port Augusta ; north of that I did not meet with 
them. They vary very much in plumage ; what I took to be very old birds 
have a great deal of red about them, so that they might almost be confounded 
with P. adelaidce. ... I found them breeding at Port Augusta in a Gum 
creek leading out of the Flinders’ Range.” North added: “In July and 
August, 1900, Dr. Morgan noted this species at Port Augusta, where a specimen 
was obtained, but not further north, during his trip to the Mount Gunson 
District.” This suggests North’s acceptance of the identity, but it is not 
stated whether he examined the specimen or not. 
I have already commented upon the different rate of acquiring the mature 
plumage indicated by Mr. Edwin Ashby and would draw attention to a note 
in the Emu , Vol. XIV., p. 172, 1915, commenting upon the Marquis of 
Tavistock’s letter to the Ibis regarding the breeding in captivity of P. elegans. 
In that letter it was recorded that the young birds had the crimson plumage 
of the adult in their first plumage : the origin of the birds, however, was not 
stated. 
PLATYCERCUS ELEGANS NOBBSI. 
Platycercus pexnanti var. nobbsi Tristram, Ibis., 1885, p. 49 : Norfolk Island. 
This is the only extra-limital from of the genus Platycercus and it is so 
slightly differentiated that Salvadori refused to admit its varietal validity 
and noted : “ Norfolk Island, where most likely it has been introduced.” 
From my study of the great variation seen on the mainland, I would 
unhesitatingly confirm Salvadori’s conjecture, but I hope to deal fully with this 
form at some later time. 
PLATYCERCUS PARADISEUS. 
Platycercus paradiseus Russ, Jo urn. fur Om., 1871, p. 236, Nomen Nudum : Salvadori, 
Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. XX., p. 540, footnote, 1891 ; Mathews, Handl. Birds 
Austral, p. 48, 1908. 
This is apparently simply a penslip for elegans or eximius. 
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