GREEN PARROT. 
Platycercus browni Mathews, Not. Zool., Vol. XVII., p. 500, 1910. 
Platycercus caledonicus henriettm Mathews, Austral Avian Record, Vol. II., p. 127, 
Jan. 28, 1915 : King Island. 
Platycercus caledonicus caledonicus Mathews, ib. 
Range. Tasmania and the islands of Bass Straits. 
Adult male. Mantle and upper back with bluish green edges to the feathers ; scapulars, 
inner secondaries, and inner major upper wing-coverts black submarginally green 
and edged with old-gold yellow, the edges sometimes tinged with dark red ; the 
extent of green increased and the edgings much broader on the feathers of the 
lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts, the red on the long upper tail-coverts 
much more pronounced ; inner, lesser, and median upper wing-coverts black 
slightly edged on the former and more broadly on the latter with bluish-green ; 
outer median and greater coverts much paler blue ; marginal upper wing-coverts 
deep blue like the outer webs of the bastard-wing, primary coverts, primary and 
outer secondary quills, the inner webs blackish brown, somewhat paler towards 
the tips of the outer primary-quills especially on the outer edges ; the two middle 
tail-feathers dark bronze green, the next pair bronze green at the base on the 
outer web followed by dark blue inner web blackish-brown edged with whitish 
at the tips, the remainder of the outer feathers dark blue fading into very pale 
blue and almost white at the tips ; inner webs of the basal portion blackish- 
brown ; forehead deep red becoming paler and mixed with yellow on the middle 
part of the crown : hinder portion of face, sides of the neck, and hind-neck 
saffron-yellow, with minute dark edgings to the feathers ; the feathers in front 
and below the eye dull red, which colour pervades the hinder cheeks ; fore part 
of cheeks, chin, and throat blue ; fore-neck, breast and abdomen lemon-yellow 
with red shaft lines to the feathers on the fore neck ; sides of the body for the most 
part green with yellow edges to the feathers ; lower flanks orange-yellow with more 
or less red which becomes much more intense on the under tail-coverts ; under 
wing- coverts deep blue, the greater series and quill lining dark brown ; lower 
aspect of tail dark brown, the outer feathers broadly tipped with pale irridescent 
blue. Bill blue : eyes brown ; feet dark grey. Total length, 385 mm., culmen 20, 
wing 192, tail 190, tarsus 22. Figured. Collected on King Island on the 4th of 
May, 1914. 
Adult female. Similar but not so pronounced in the markings. 
Immature. General colour above dark bronze green, including the head, hind-neck, .back, 
wings and tail ; the feathers brown at the base and broadly tinged with green ; 
outer edge of wing and marginal upper wing-coverts tinged with dark blue like 
the outer webs of the bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and primary-quills, inner 
webs of bastard-wing, primary-coverts and primary- quills dark brown, all of which 
are paler at the tips, outer webs of secondaries like the back, the inner webs dark 
brown ; outer tail-feathers for the most part blue, this colour decreasing in extent 
towards the middle ones, with white tips ; fore part of head dull yellow ; forehead 
red with a very narrow line of black at the base of the cere ; the feathers surrounding 
the eye somewhat paler than those on the hind neck and those below the eye tinged 
with red ; cheeks and upper throat deep blue ; fore-neck, breast, and abdomen 
old gold yellow, becoming green on the sides of the body and under tail-coverts, 
the feathers on the fore-neck have red shaft lines ; under wing- coverts dark blue, 
the greater series brown like the quill lining ; an irregular line of yellow on the 
latter produced by the yellow spot on the inner webs of the primary and secondary 
quills ; lower aspect of tail dark brown with pale iridescent blue tips to the 
outer feathers. Collected on King Island on the 30th of April, 1914. 
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